October 26, 2009 – 11:18 am
Consecutive Numbered & Barcode Labels
Initially developed to help speed up grocery store checkout speed, consecutively numbered, barcode labels and variable data labels have since become a large part of our retail industry. Now a staple point of any company who needs to ship their products, and keep accurate inventory, barcode labels have exploded into one of [...]
October 22, 2009 – 9:17 am
UPC Codes Show Country Of Origin
With all the tainted products being imported these days, its hard to trust out of country products. Often times in recent memory, Chinese products have been the focus of many of these investigations as manufacturing standards and laws are simply out of date. With so many problems, Americans have begun [...]
October 20, 2009 – 12:26 pm
What is a UPC Code?
You know how every time you go to the grocery store, the clerk has to scan those little black lines into his computer before you can pay? Well those little black lines, or the UPC code, plays a vital role in today’s world.
Almost every product on the market today now has [...]
October 20, 2009 – 8:28 am
Microscan Announces the World’s First Liquid Lens Barcode Imager
The QX Hawk is the world’s first Barcode Imager to be fully integrated with new liquid lens technology, enabling infinite focus flexibility. Bridging the gap between ease of use and performance, the QX Hawk features a high resolution modular optical zoom system, aggressive X-Mode decoding, and simple [...]
October 12, 2009 – 10:25 am
You know those black and white lines on the back or side of your drink you bought at the store? Or maybe those weird lines on your pack of gum? Those lines, are called a Barcode or U.P.C code. Well, today is the 35th anniversary of the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) Barcode and will be [...]
August 27, 2009 – 1:31 pm
Coca-Cola Tests New Machine Powered by RFID Technology
Coca-Cola has begun beta-testing an RFID-enabled drink dispenser in the US that the company claims will transform the soft drink dispensing industry.
The machine, known as Freestyle, uses proprietary PurePour Technology to provide more than 100 drink options in the same amount of space as the current eight-valve machine.
The [...]
August 19, 2009 – 12:18 pm
RFID tags are now being used internationally to track mail, allowing a faster and more effiecient mail system worldwide.
August 17, 2009 – 12:23 pm
When Barcode Meets Chicken
A team of scientists working in Ireland has devised a method of identifying individual chickens by putting miniature barcode labels on their beaks and legs, and older hens by their combs. While working at the UCD Bioresources Research Center, the researchers achieved a 97 per cent accuracy rate in experiments on identifying [...]
August 10, 2009 – 11:20 am
RFID Tags For Your Luggage
If you’ve ever flown on an international flight, you know that having baggage lost is frustrating and it can be almost impossible to get it back. And while technology exists to keep better track of our luggage, only 11% of airlines are now using it. This technology is RFID, or Radio [...]
Barcode Labels Could Trace Food Origins
Where is the food on your dinner table grown? Up until recently, just a sticker saying ”Made in U.S.A or Mexico” was good enough. Not anymore, or at least as soon as barcodes are a commonsight in grocery stores. With so much concern about fair trade, the environment, organic foods and general food [...]
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