With a weight of only 17.5 kg (38.5 lbs), this is the world’s lightest full-format scanner.

A University of Missouri engineering team has invented a compact source of x-rays -- about the size of a stick of gum -- that could be used to create inexpensive and portable x-ray scanners (IEEE ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The hand-held scanners, or tricorders, of the Star Trek movies and television series are one step closer to reality now that a University of Missouri engineering team has invented a ...

January 15, 2013. The hand-held scanners, or tricorders, of the Star Trek movies and television series are one step closer to reality now that a University of Missouri engineering team has invented a ...