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|origin = Unknown | |origin = Unknown | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = [[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman]]'' | ||
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Merely by waving the '''book scanner''' at printed text and images it can store them as information inside itself or translate the data to a computer. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') [[Toshiko Sato]], a particular admirer of the scanner, compared it to an [[iPod]] for books Despite [[Torchwood 3]]'s policy that [[alien artefact]]s must never leave [[the Hub]], Toshiko took the scanner out several | Merely by waving the '''book scanner''' at printed text and images it can store them as information inside itself or translate the data to a computer. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') [[Toshiko Sato]], a particular admirer of the scanner, compared it to an [[iPod]] for books Despite [[Torchwood 3]]'s policy that [[alien artefact]]s must never leave [[the Hub]], Toshiko took the scanner out several times in order to experiment with it. (''[[torchwood.org.uk]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | ||
It has practically unlimited storage capacity. . Toshiko speculated that alien [[archaeology|archeaologists]] used the scanner to record ancient writings. (''[[torchwood.org.uk]]'') | It has practically unlimited storage capacity. . Toshiko speculated that alien [[archaeology|archeaologists]] used the scanner to record ancient writings. (''[[torchwood.org.uk]]'') | ||
Revision as of 21:08, 7 February 2007
Merely by waving the book scanner at printed text and images it can store them as information inside itself or translate the data to a computer. (TW: Everything Changes) Toshiko Sato, a particular admirer of the scanner, compared it to an iPod for books Despite Torchwood 3's policy that alien artefacts must never leave the Hub, Toshiko took the scanner out several times in order to experiment with it. (torchwood.org.uk, TW: Everything Changes)
It has practically unlimited storage capacity. . Toshiko speculated that alien archeaologists used the scanner to record ancient writings. (torchwood.org.uk)
It also had used as a lockpicking device. (TW: Cyberwoman).
