Scanning several items related to the Falcone and Maroni families offer stories about them.

Consider, for instance, how many store clerks still scan items incorrectly at the register.

This allows cars to drive through without stopping, reducing the time by at least 50 percent - as quickly as supermarket clerks scan items across the infrared light.

The interrogators could also scan several items at once, allowing them to check an entire case of battlefield supplies.

Most flatbeds have adjustable lids that let you scan 3-D items such as magazines, bound books and other objects.

Bloom also allowed their customers to use Personal Scanners to scan items as they put them in their cart.

In one system being tested in the Netherlands, shoppers scan items as they pluck them off the shelf and put them in a computer-equipped cart.

These activities typically required people to scan items where they are stored and as such needed to be mobile.

Allows user to scan items at home or in store to find similar products in nearby stores and compare prices.

Shopping carts could scan items placed in the cart, keeping a running total of the tab and offering suggestions for other items, based on selections already made.