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About Bar Code

About Bar Code Posted on January 2nd, 2009 by admin Bar coding is an artificial identifier ... , credit card, library identification, etc To read barcode we need tools called barcode scanners ... . Barcode is a machine code arranged by bar line and space with black and white color in the ratio [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:32:41

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Bar Codes In Healthcare

Bar Codes In Healthcare A recent article that cited a report conducted by University of Pensylvania School of Medicine concluded that bar codes were ... For A Wireless, Mobility, And... The Advantages Of FRAM-Based Smart ICs For Next Generation... Is All Personally Identifiable Information Really Personal? By... RFID: Finding An Active ROI By Bert [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 14:55:07

Coupon 101: Understanding Sales and Coupons

Welcome Back to Coupon 101! To read the rest of the posts in this series, click here In order to use coupons effectively, ... obvious difference is a lack of a “Remit To” address. Another is a lack of numbers under the bar code (or a bar code that starts with letters or isn’t the standard 10-digit code). Grab most any coupon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:40:12

CVS Receipts Are Too Long

Since it’s Black Friday and all, figured I might delve into the consumer-affairs arena ... re address, date and time, items purchased, subtotal, tax, cash, change. One-half inch is for a bar code. Yeah, apparently receipts need bar codes now. Three-eighths of an inch is for a “TRIP SUMMARY” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 20:47:02

SICK Delivers Fast Payback

Investment in integrated package measurement and bar-code scanning from SICK (UK) ... A unique identifying bar code label is applied to each package on entry to the Norsk-European handling ... with a SICK OPS490 omni-directional bar code reading system, comprising of an evaluation unit and several [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:47:53

Before Your Harvest Unexpectedly Slows Down, Search for the Next Generation of Business Models

by Donald Mitchell Even companies that have done well in creating and expanding new business models will find themselves suddenly running up ... to do, the company spent two years to come up with its first bar code printing device. The timing was good because the Universal Product Code (the largest initial use for bar coding) was adopted in 1973, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 14:02:57

Bar Code: Printing Productivity From Start To Finish

Bar Code: Printing Productivity From Start To Finish This white paper explains how different printer types, performance capabilities, features, label media compatibility, integration and support requirements can impact productivity and... Restaurant Prioritizes Expansion Plans With MapInfo Location... Increase Responsiveness With BI [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 05:07:37

Deter Theft Using Security Camera System

I saw in the news the other day about a family of three shoplifting at a very popular grocery store for baby formula and other infant's needs ... of security cameras and systems, it also offers discount hardware like bar code label printers, bar code scanners, and touchscreens for POS. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 02:00:00

Microsoft 2d Code review - better than QR codes?

Microsoft has introduced their own 2d bar code called the “Microsoft Tag” (how original) ... become the de-facto standard worldwide for 2d bar codes - even though the QR code has been around ... which differentiates from most other types of 2d codes by being colour based and using a different [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:15:54

Inside//Out: QR codes

Wouldn't you love to drive people from your physical world marketing efforts to the web in real time? Who wouldn't? ... to catch up. QR (or quick response) codes are, quite simply two dimensional bar codes. The codes ... over time. The entire system works by taking a picture of the code with a cell phone camera [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:53:14

Business Hardware/Security Systems

Every organization needs auto-id equipment and accessories to run their work in a smooth way. IT plant is a global company, which provides all auto-id equipments and accessories, which include security camera systems, barcode scanner, bar code label printer, portable data terminal, bar code [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 04:21:02

The Urban Legends Slide Show

Permalink The Truth About Bar Codes Tuesday December 2, ... hazardous product was made can easily be determined by deciphering the first three digits of its bar code. Unfortunately, the tip is more misleading than helpful. There is a type of bar code [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 06:30:07

fbFund Review: Pongr

Even though lower gas prices may give your wallet a little more wiggle room, there’s still an outstanding need to pinch a few pennies here and there! ... competition, and it lets you do your price comparisons while you’re out shopping. How? With bar codes. I know what you’re thinking. Aren’t there existing apps that take photos of bar codes in order [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 16:45:03

Inventor Sees Future In Talking Labels

Pacific Business News: Frustrated with the task of hand-labeling piles of photographs, Ken Berkun decided to create a solution — a talking label ... that could record sound and transfer the audio file to a dense bar code that can be printed with a regular office printer. He then built a simple scanner paired with a speaker to “read” the bar code [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 16:09:44

Technology Roundup: Stem Cells, Antimatter, Ten Minute Blood Test, Biosynthetic Fuel

1. A Colombian woman has become the world's first recipient of windpipe tissue constructed from a combination of donated tissue and her own cells ... . These channels are coated with protein-capturing bar codes ... codes. “But recent simulations showed that millimeter-thick gold would produce far more positrons [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 16:50:50

Before Your Harvest Unexpectedly Slows Down, Search For The Next Generation Of Business Models

By Donald Mitchell When should you start on another generation of business model innovation? ... Technologies is a leader and pioneer in providing portable bar coding printers for making labels ... spent two years to come up with its first bar code printing device. The timing was good because [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 18:02:40

Better than bar-coding, but not RFID

What would happen if you crossed an RFID system with a traditional bar-coding set-up? It probably would look and act a lot like a Visidot system ... to bring it closer to capabilities and functions of RFID technology. While Visidot’s primary image ... , which takes about a second. While the Visidot still requires a line of sight — giving RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 10:00:30

Motorola Introduces Out-of-the-box Imaging Solution for Reading U.S. Driver Licenses

VDC Study Confirms Motorola's Global Leadership Position in Growing Imaging Market HOLTSVILLE, N.Y ... market share leader of handheld two-dimensional (2D) bar code imagers by technology market research ... for handheld 2D bar code imagers during 2007. "Motorola customers are realizing competitive advantages [more...]

Date: 2008-07-05 12:44:56

Print is Not Dead: 2D Bar Codes Will Lead to More Offline and Print Advertising

Scanning a Matrix or 2D code with a smart phone camera will allow you to access websites, get real time information, ... reading: White paper on Mobile codes 2008 (pdf. Open Mobile Alliance) Choosing the best 2D bar code format for mobile applications (pdf. semacide 2006) US Patent Office reject all 95 NeoMedia code [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 18:41:24

Internet-of-things on CNN

(((Soon to rename itself "Cloud News Network," I reckon.))) http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/02/digitalbiz ... ) technology, which allows things to be "read" by an NFC (Near Field Communication) scanner, bar-code ... , over time. The reason why RFID is often called next-generation bar code is that the technology [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 13:10:23

2008’s New Words

Do you suffer from Wii shoulder or nomophobia? Have you ever engaged in sexting? What do you think of ear gauging? ... via a webcam or aggregated from personal blogs, microblogs, etc.QR code a data matrix bar code which ... , as for example, a QR code at a transport terminal which connects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:19:58

This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

StreamDesk Brings Web Streams to the Desktop (Windows and Mac) ... by it."SnapTell Explorer Instantly Looks Up Any Product via Photograph (iPhone 2.0) "Similar to a bar code scanner (except you photograph the item cover, not its bar code), SnapTell automatically looks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 02:00:00

Cell phones replacing boarding passes

A stress-free airport experience is becoming less of a wishful fantasy and more of a reality thanks to paperless check-in with many smart-phones and ... . Register your cell phone number to receive a text message with a boarding pass bar code. Then hold ... to receive an electronic boarding pass via e-mail, in the form of a two-dimensional bar code [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 14:53:57

Fun With QR Codes

Up until a few weeks ago, I didn't even know what a QR code was. According to Wikipedia, it's "a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) ... barcode capable of storing even more information. As you can see, there's a lot of potential here ... : Barcode Scanner, available for free in the Android MarketiPhone: Barcodes, available for free via [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:30:00

Draw Attention via a Stats Monitor

In the 1990’s I was a software engineer, writing software to automate distribution centers ( ... like flatbed cars. The bar code scanner would scan each item and then when the tray passed over ... by people, who would lay them bar code up on a conveyor belt. The items would be conveyed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 23:53:30

Tickets.com In The News

Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything– Christopher Null, PC World Cell Phones Are the New Paper Next Year, ... check-in system that lets you show an encrypted, 2D bar code on your phone to a TSA agent in lieu of a paper boarding pass. The agent scans the bar code with an ordinary scanner, and you're [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:06:00

QRacks in the Land

Just before Christmas I was approached and asked to participate in The Streets of Melbourne Festival ... Response Codes are an open source mobile phone read bar code type technology which originated ... to go covert. I’ve been working on stitching QR Codes for some time now. I’ve been doing them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 06:02:02

FOREST, SILVER HALIDE, FORMICA AND A GREAT WALL: Jesús Jáuregui carries through Large Format to its upmost

Text and Photos: Javier Izquierdo Vidal.Published in Film und Foto Magazine Number 5 July 2008At full daylight, ... on the left. At first sight it seems to be a colossal code bar embedded among pavillions and buildi ... d edge and get off the car.The landscape is gorgeous. The code bar is steadfastly becoming into tree [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 23:42:00

Time Warp

I decided to try cataloging my home library on the PC ... . Alexandria also can use a bar code scanner, I just wish I could find that CueCat I got eight years ... to do a serious inventory. One of the neat things with Readerware is that you can use a bar-code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:37:59

Your Next OS ... Android?

I just read an announcement from the Motley Fool that "Google is Raising an Android Army" ... and watch this YouTube demo of some Android applications (bar code scanner and GPS mashups). I was wowed. I had never thought that I would like my own personal bar code scanner. Boy, was I wrong [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 16:17:28

Imaging and laser related roundup: 25 million barcodes per second and lensless cell counting

1. Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any ... of 25 million frames per second.Conventional bar code readers use one of two approaches to acquire [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 08:01:00

A home food scanner

I came across this on my internet travels today. It is a bar code scanner for your home that you can interface, with your laptop ... vegetable store, they aren’t bar coded. I am also allergic to numbers, and tracking things. I track [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:54:00

EASYSHARE PRINTER DOCK FOR LS600/700 CX/DX 6000/7000 SERIES

WASP BARCODE LABELER-3U Wasp Labeler is designed to meet the most demanding bar code labeling and printing requirements. This top-selling labeling package allows you to create bar code labels and print to any local or network Windows printer in just minutes. Import data directly from your corporate database. Check [more...]

Date: 2008-08-23 20:25:03

SmartVizor Professional v8.5.8.813

.fullpost{display:inline;}SmartVizor Professional v8.5.8 ... makes this bar code label printing software very easy to use.* Easy to install - the setup ... , text and bar codes. After the template are designed, they may be printed to stock on standard laser [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 16:13:08

Sorcerer Software Envelope Printer v7.0

Envelope Printer gives you several printing options: Not all printers work the same way, ... Bar Codes (for USA Only). * Postal Code Lookups for multiple countries. (via internet) * User ... . Just tell Envelope Printer where to print the address and return address, and it will place [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 01:09:55

Grunt work time

News about the wedding in last post. All dresses were delivered on time ... we had enough paper. I went to Office Max and bought a box of paper. Due to an error, the bar code ... . I have written to Casey, the head code geek for help. I offer a free sock pattern which [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 22:32:00

Before Your Harvest Unexpectedly Slows Down, Search for the Next Generation of Business Models

Even companies that have done well in creating and expanding new business models will find themselves suddenly running up against limitations in ... will be put on the package by a label produced on a Zebra Technologies printer. Ed Kaplan, CEO ... up with its first bar code printing device. The timing was good because the Universal Product Code [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 04:52:00

Symbol LS2208 - Affordable General Purpose Bar Code Scanner

When you need to add affordable scanning performance to your systems, choose the LS2208 ... Is designed for continuous use. Accurate first-time capture of 1D bar codes Increased productivity [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 01:07:46

ScanLife 2D bar code reader comes to Android

An Android-based smartphone, the G1 from T-Mobile.(Credit: T-Mobile) After preloading an iPhone app on Sansumg camera phones and expanding to Mexico, Scanbuy announced Tuesday that its ScanLife multi-bar code reader is now compatible for mobile phones running [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:40:00

ScanLife 2D bar code reader comes to Android

Date: 2009-01-15 01:40:00

When Technology is Transparent

If you’ve ever had a “Toll Tag” - a device which lets you drive on toll roads without stopping to pay with cumbersome coins - you know the ... a grocery store that use RFID for auto-scanning items for checkout and bills your credit card on file ... t offer bar code scanning Motion backgrounds that stutter and skip behind song lyrics Microsoft [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:17:04

5 no-frill tactics to improve in ‘09

You can go ahead and send your wish list to Santa, but you’ll be better off forwarding a copy to the budget writers at your own company ... aging technology. If your warehouse management system (WMS) is more than 4 years old, it’s worth ... technologies, such as bar-code scanning or RFID. Prices are dropping as use rises. Monitor best practices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:27:28

A Better technology

In our generations we have more than technology users and usually seek the quality and comfortable uses on it. What is AIDC? ... implementation whether your needs call for their Gen2 RFID, bar code systems, rugged computers or a Cisco WLAN ... communications on your network or servers. I have found this great fixed printer with quality and durability [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:46:00

QR Codes Can Digitize Your World - And Back Again

Last week I reviewed “YouAre” and dropped a little hint about an emerging technology called “QR Codes” ... if there’s anything interesting you can do with them. You’re probably already familiar with the bar code ... the scanner picks up all the information it needs by taking a cross-section of the image. QR, or “Quick [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 17:01:38

The NY Times on discussing disability January 6, 2009

After Deadline is a weekly feature that “examines questions of grammar, usage and style encountered by writers and editors of The Times ... blind” or “deaf” as modifiers, rather than nouns. Consider these recent references: ••• Software That Opens Worlds to the Disabled … The competition was won by Bar Code Reader, the program to help [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:25:33

Rebate Schmeebate

After several months of frustration, anger, despair and determination, (in that order) I think I have cracked the scam that is the mail-in rebate ... in all the paperwork, plus a bar code that was on the box. I should have sensed impending trials ... we chose just happened to be on offer with a FREE photo printer. Living with the adage "If it looks too [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:27:00

The Cell Phone: One Remote to Rule Them All

Punchcut’s Interaction Designer Ifran Chou and Interaction Design Director Gabriel White present an interesting idea to combat the ever-increasing ... this process more automatic by utilizing RFID or bar code system technology? At the same time ... solutions. Be Aware of Context: Context is king when designing for mobile products. People want [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 16:08:28

I have a new toy

Help me. I can't stop.Here's how it started. A customer called to place an order the other day. He had just moved and gave me his new address ... to me. I just type in the address info, and it creates a super official postage label with tracking bar code and all, which I print on my own printer. So I just affix the label and can drop off the whole [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 17:22:00

App Development to Drive Mobile Growth

Two main factors have led to increased attention on the mobile industry: 1. Rising device standards and smart-phone penetration 2 ... popular is ShopSavvy, in which users scan the bar code of any product using the camera built ... . Open source operating systems that encourage third-party innovation. The New York Times takes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:41:58

More Apology Management

To err is human, to forgive is divine, unless you live in a province obsessed with separation of church and state.CTV ... and determined in advance. Players don't even have to scratch them to win. A scan of the ticket's bar code should determine if it's a true winner, Pister said.The correct number of winning tickets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:44:00

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