The Collegium Scanner is a short-range portable scanner provided to members of the Aurora Collegium's scientific societies, designed to aid in members' research. It can detect heat, sound, energy signatures, and determine the distance between two points, mass, density, volume readings, and the wearer's own basic biometrics. Output of this variety of information is limited to a small screen or audio, but a small dataport allows it to be connected to a droid or datapad for advanced analysis of recorded information.