For many of us, pointing a device at an object and retrieving data about it has become part of our daily lives. The vast majority of our purchases will sport the ubiquitous barcode; an increasing ...

Either through QR codes, RFID, or near field communication, there seems to be some desire to share tiny pieces of data in a more physical and accessible form. [Chris Harrison], [Robert Xiao], and ...

There are 1.8 million species in danger of extinction. You probably wouldn’t be able to recognize most of them if they crawled, flew, or swam by you. But what if you could read the “barcode” of any ...

The data contained in a barcode is typically tied to things like a SKU or a purchase order. Once scanned, this data is accessed and displayed for the user to learn more information or take an action.

The invention of the UPC barcode in 1973 revolutionised retail and paved the way for unprecedented efficiency gains in supply chains. Slapping a barcode on everything—from car parts and industrial ...

I’ve always considered barcodes to be one of those invisible innovations that profoundly changed the world. What we might recognize as modern barcodes were originally designed as a labor-saving device ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial ...