At first look the “Document Extractor” from designer Byeong Min Choe looks like an iMac clone, but upon further examination it’s no standard PC, actually it’s not a PC at all, instead the conceptual design allows users to scan and print documents from a useful touchscreen monitor which can be connected to their computers.

The system stores paper in a tray located on the back of the display, users simply feed their documents into the bottom of the display at which point they show up in full form on the touch screen display using what would be proprietary software.

Once a document is scanned through the bottom of the display users can then use the touchscreen to crop and otherwise prepare their documents for printing. The cool part? Documents will print through the same slot they were fed, no more need for a separate printer that just takes up space.

I love my Macbook Pro, but I might be willing to head back over to an iMac if this feature was built into Apple devices.

Here are a few more screenshots:

What do you think about the Document Extractor device? [Via YankoDesign]

‘Document Extractor’ Let’s Users Print And Scan Inside Their Monitor is a post from: The Inquisitr

The IDG News Service reported the prediction by a top executive at a speech in Indonesia today.

The so-called “drugstore-in-a-box” would let you play pharmacist and put various ingredients into your printer. Then, presto chango! Push a button, wait a minute, and you’ve got your dose — in the boldest and brightest colors available.

The exec also talked about the possibility of a cell phone that could diagnose you by your breath. He said you’d blow into it, like a breathalyzer, and get an analysis of your troubles. You’d then take those results into a clinic, where — I’m not making this up — he says a computerized nurse would print out a sheet of tablets that you’d “peel…off like mailing labels” and “dissolve into [your] mouth.”

Local pranksters may or may not have spiked this man’s morning coffee with LSD.

Making Drugs From Your Printer is a post from: The Inquisitr