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 ...

Amazon Mobile for iPhone now has a bar code scanner that lets you see, scan, and buy products on the spot. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and Commerce, CNET Group and CNET Labs Jessica is a ...

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 ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...

We all get stuck at the supermarket checkout from time to time when the assistant can’t get an item’s bar code to scan. We’re left watching in awkward silence as the flustered employee waves the item ...

The MS-3 laser scanners can read bar codes on test tubes, reagent packs, and microplates within a distance of 1.5 in.(click to enlarge) Specifically designed for integration into clinical analyzers ...

The CLV620 and CLV630 lines of bar code scanners are designed for a wide range of logistics applications, such as high-speed packaging and distribution warehouses. For greater connectivity, they offer ...

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 detailed a few of the pertinent facts from that day, ...

Bar code scanning has become the de facto system used in retail, as well as many other industries, due to its accuracy, speed and cost-effectiveness. Moreover, it is an approach that provides ...

Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel remember Norman Joseph Woodland, an inventor of the bar code. He died Sunday at the age of 91. SIEGEL: That's the sound of a bar code scanner, and Woodland was the mind ...