WILLMAR -- A few minor mechanical glitches were reported Tuesday as Kandiyohi County gave the new optical scan vote counters and voter-assistive machines their first workout. Despite a few harried ...

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

MAYVILLE – Eight Chautauqua County-based school districts and one Cattaraugus County-based school district are moving forward with optical scan paper ballot-based voting for the May 17 school board ...

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Voting is an important civic duty in the U.S., but it can also be stressful. Each election cycle brings forth new politicians, new legal propositions, and a litany of heated opinions from both major ...

Optical scanning can rightfully be termed the Ferrari of motion control applications because the required speed and accuracy is typically an order of magnitude or two faster than conventional motion ...

Car accidents are responsible for approximately a million deaths each year globally. Among the many causes, driving at night, when vision is most limited, leads to accidents with higher mortality ...

The newest wonder of the electronic age is a machine that can read and digest and retain what it reads—even if it takes no special pleasure in curling up with a good book. Known in industry as the ...

Researchers have come up with an alternative to conventional adaptive driving beam systems: a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) optical scanner that relies on the piezoelectric effect of ...