EditorialA Lucida 3D scanner, which is used to fully scan walls of Pharaonic temples so they can be replicated, in Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 4, 2022. (Jonathan Rashad/The New York Times)
EditorialA special scanner for digitizing books and printed materials at the Pontifical Oriental Institute?s library in Rome, Nov. 25, 2021. (Nadia Shira Cohen/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker for the online grocer Buyk uses a special scanner to ensure orders are packed correctly at a distribution center in Manhattan on Oct. 21, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)