Hollister used the results of the scan to generate a computer model of the splint.

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Both YottaMark and FoodLogiq offer systems that let shoppers type a text code into a mobile phone or home computer, or scan a bar-code using a phone's built-in camera, to find out when the tomatoes on the shelf were picked and which field they came from.

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As to privacy concerns -- namely that the scanners could pick up private features of a person's body -- ter Horst said the scan results would first go through a computer, which would then flag any suspicious items to a human.

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Scan two Honeywell thermostats and a computer displays just the differences in their features.

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Layers of muscle and skin were added by computer to a scan of the skull and the result was made into a three-dimensional plastic model.

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Computer programmers will then turn the scan into a 3D character to help visitors learn more about the weaponry, tactics and techniques involved in the battle.

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The malware can steal data and social-network conversations, take snapshots of computer screens, penetrate across networks, turn on a computer's microphone to record audio and scan for Bluetooth-active devices.

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My mother recently got one of those pop-ups on her computer, advising her that her computer system had detected a virus and that she should do a scan.

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This new system, as with a traditional CAT scan, uses X-rays shot from multiple angles, and assembled into one three-dimensional image by a computer.

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