Please forgive me if this is a question that has been asked before....

I recently heard about a type of camera that can be hooked up directly to a
computer and used to shoot images of collection items and load them directly
into a database - without the annoying process of scanning and downloading.
 Does anyone have any information on these, or know where I can find out
more?

Thanks!
Megan Bryant
Registrar, The Sixth Floor Museum