"Tired of picking up and putting down a scanner every time you need to scan a bar code?" reads the copy for Socket's new Cordless Ring Scanner Series 9. The CSR Series 9, which will be available through direct channels next month, is made of ruggadized LiquidMetal and consists of a small Class 2 laser tacked to a finger ring and tethered to a wrist-mounted Bluetooth transmitter. Included keyboard emulation software allows the bar code data to be directed into empty fields of any PC application, and even lets the user remotely enter carriage returns and tabs. Cost $1200.