Cognex Corp. has announced the addition of the DataMan 70 series to its line of compact fixed-mount label-based bar-code readers; unit delivers the highest read rates for 1-D and 2-D label-based ...

Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the first time a laser scanner was used to “read” a bar code, according to Motorola Inc. The company has a few of the pertinent facts from that day, including ...

May 9, 2003 – Checkpoint Systems and PSC, a point-of-sale scanner company based in Eugene, Oregon, recently demonstrated a bar code scanner that can also read RFID tags carrying an Electronic Product ...

In-Sight 5410 reads at line speeds in excess of 7,200 parts/min while its 5411 counterpart has a resolution of 1,024 768 for a larger field of view. This lets the 5411 system read bar codes with wide ...

RFID is not necessarily “better” than bar codes. The two are different technologies and have different applications, which sometimes overlap. The big difference between the two is bar codes are ...

Adobe Systems is set to expand its electronic forms with new capabilities for adding bar codes to forms based on the company's portable document format. The technology, announced Monday, will allow ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It used to be that the only time you'd notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are showing up in more places around town — ...

USA Today is featuring Microsoft Tags in its newspaper, letting readers scan the bar codes to access videos and other digital content. The initiative will provide readers with access to daily photo ...

Golf Digest is using Microsoft Tags within its editorial products to bring exclusive content to readers. The quick-response 2D bar codes have been placed in 11 spots throughout the November issue of ...

Every purchase evokes his design of the rectangular Universal Product Code. But although it became ubiquitous, he received no royalties. By Sam Roberts George J. Laurer, whose design of the vertically ...