Sometimes there are hidden patterns in numbers you might not immediately notice. One example of this is in barcodes, the sequences of digits we use to identify products. Try it yourself – find an ...

A new white paper by Dr. Peter Green examines the tradeoffs between using barcode and RFID scanning for tracking work-in-process in manufacturing plants For efficient tracking of work-in-process you ...

Barcodes work based on light reflected back to scanner optics: black does not reflect light, while the white (blank) spaces do reflect light. Because characters (alphabetic, numeric, special) are ...

A: UPC stands for Universal Product Code. The bar codes were originally created to help grocery stores speed up the checkout process and keep better track of inventory. After many years of research ...