I think that the (non debris) objects you find around should be able to be placed in a research chamber to redeem its blueprint. The object would be destroyed, so the player would have to choose whether to utilize it, or to unlock its blueprint. It seems more logical than unlocking blueprints by placing organic blobs into a scanner (although I am not suggesting that this mechanic be removed.) It would make sense that a device capable of synthesizing blueprints out of a mineral or unrelated tech item would be able to copy the blueprint from the item itself.