Beginning with a 10-pack package of Wrigley's chewing gum that now resides at the Smithsonian, supermarkets have been scanning bar-coded packaged goods for more than 34 years. During this time, ...

MultipleStreams, a worldwide dealer of used books, CDs and DVDs, has released version 2.0 of its YouSell application for iPhone, incorporating bar code scanning ...

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 ...

FreightScan, which offers technology solutions for the freight and logistics industry, has added two new functions to its FreightScan FS100 automated dimensioning system for cargo scanning. Those ...

The growing popularity of mobile bar codes has been magnified over the last week with the official start of the holiday shopping season. Scanbuy claims it saw about 30 times more scans this past ...

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 — ...

Bar codes have made it to the bedside at Tri-City Medical Center, where most nurses are now using hand-held scanners to make sure each patient gets the correct medication at the proper time and dose.

The Brookfield, Wis., technology vendor Fiserv Inc. has licensed a bar-code scanning application from PayScan America Inc. and plans to offer it to retailers as part of a walk-in bill payment service ...

To incentivize nurses to fully integrate bar-code scanning into their routine workflow, scanning rates were incorporated into their performance evaluations, with awards given to nurses and hospital ...

When you're talking about data collection, two technologies come to mind: bar code scanning and RFID (radio frequency identification). The former has been a staple in data collection for more than 30 ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its continued product evolution and effort to simplify asset management, Bar|Scan has launched its Bar|Scan® Mobile application for Android and ...

Want to know if that CD you're about to buy is cheaper online? Point your iPhone at the bar code and in seconds this app will look up competing prices. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and ...