Salinger Inventory Scanner

Origin
The Salinger Inventory Scanner was one of the first major innovations that Hugo Miller introduced to the Warehouse. Prior to the scanner, artifacts were monitored by a comparably archaic system of interconnected sensors hooked up to mood/trouble sensing artifacts. The cords of the sensors were wired beneath the shelves, were they would eventually meet up in a room near the main office. Although handy at the time, the sensors could only give a vague warning of trouble without telling agents of the nature of a specific artifact.

Hugo jokingly named it the Salinger Inventory Scanner in a tribute to J.D. Salinger's character Holden Caulfied, the main character in Catcher in the Rye. Just as Holden is very meticulous in his recollection of minor details, the scanner remembers the placement of every artifact that currently sits in the Warehouse.

Collection
Hugo finished the project in 1968, shortly before his disastrous attempt at creating an artificial intelligence program.