The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. It took another quarter of a century for one to be printed on product packaging and scanned.

Cindy Olvera scanned a bag of antibiotic solution, turned the same device to scan her patient's armband and turned to a laptop computer for assurance that she had the correct medication. If Olvera, a ...

Barcode scanners are an essential product for any retail merchant. This allows store owners and sellers to identify their products and quickly get a bill generated. While barcode scanners have existed ...

Companies are piloting a solution from software company ProGlove to track how efficiently goods are being stocked and picked from the warehouse each time workers scan a barcode on their glove. The ...