Barcodes, those familiar sets of lines on items from DVDs to refrigerators, eventually may go the way of the typewriter, the black-and-white television and the dodo. Radio Frequency Identification ...

The conclusion reached in this article – part of a series sponsored by UPS – is that barcodes probably make more sense for small businesses because they’re considerably cheaper, but RFID does offer ...

The EH&S chemical inventory group is pleased to announce that we will begin using new Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) barcode stickers to manage chemical inventory. The new barcode stickers will ...

In the last six years as director of accounting, Jeff Thompson has seen huge changes in the warehouse management technology at Woodland Scenics, a Linn Creek, Mo.-based model railroad scenery ...

Paradigm shifts take time, as evidenced by the gradual evolution of the barcode, a popular method of visually representing data in a machine-readable form. The concept for barcodes goes back to 1932, ...

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, hospitals face numerous challenges, such as ensuring patient safety, streamlining workflows, and reducing costs. One solution showing immense promise in ...

The future for manufacturers lies in playing tag – argues Stephan Pottel, Industry Director, Manufacturing, EMEA at Zebra ...

In 1974, two Drexel University students found that an oscillating mirror laser could scan and read barcodes, their solution for more efficient grocery store management. Quick-response codes, or QR ...

The IP65-Rated and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 KDC180 was designed for wearing as a Ring Scanner or Finger Trigger Glove. Model options include a 2D Barcode Scanner, 0.5W UHF Reader, keypad, and ...

Thin as paper and no larger than a postage stamp, a prototype low-cost RFID tag from Philips Research (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) is based entirely on plastic electronics and promises to replace ...