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 ...

Bar code scanning is an easy way to track your business inventory or even keep tabs on office supplies. Many bar codes contain a lot number. A lot number is an ID that shows which batch or lot a ...

Scanex is a family of bar code readers engineered for use in hazardous areas. The entire family has Gas Zone 1 and Dust Zone 22 ATEX approvals, with North American approvals pending. Three primary ...

These are the three factors hospitals are looking at in deciding where to replace bar codes with RFID. (Picture from Accurate Data Systems.) Despite the calls by some experts to "skip" bar codes and ...

Marketers, advertising agencies and brand departments have been giving a lot of attention recently to the emerging mobile bar code market. And why not? Mobile bar codes offer marketers an exciting ...

One San Francisco startup that is hoping to score big if Samsung's just-announced Galaxy S4 takes off is Mobeam, which has developed technology that it hopes will encourage more people to take ...

Beep. We’ve come a long way since June 26, 1974 when the first bar code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. That legendary pack of Juicy Fruit proved that even the smallest of items could ...

The Food and Drug Administration is phasing in rules that will require bar codes on hospital medication packets to guard against errors that cause an estimated 7,000 deaths annually. Inside hospital ...