In part because of scanners, companies now know how much stuff they are selling.
Already, the bulk of scanners, and half the disk drives, sold by Taiwan companies are made in China.
The facsimile had been made by digitally recording the tomb, in 2009, with a fleet of scanners, for seven weeks.
Taggers in Spain hold their hands in front of scanners and are admitted to the V.I.P. areas of night clubs.
Mr. de Blasio asked the board to tally the number of scanners that malfunctioned, and explain why.
As a result, the Archives bought a fleet of scanners and has started digitizing its oldest and most damaged collections.
Americans, who basically know bar codes from watching grocery clerks swipe them in front of scanners, are already being coaxed into deepening that relationship.
George H. W. Bush underwent a similar moment in 1992, when he was caught showing astonishment at the existence of scanners at supermarket checkout counters.
However, they are believed to involve adjusting the sensitivity of scanners, meaning more items will trigger alarms, resulting in more body searches.
Originally enacted in 1968, before the advent of scanners and cell phones, that law prohibits the disclosure of illegally intercepted communications.
In 2008, the European Parliament turned down an effort by the European Commission, the executive arm, for deployment of scanners across the European Union.
