In 1974, two Drexel University students found that an oscillating mirror laser could scan and read barcodes, their solution for more efficient grocery store management. Quick-response codes, or QR ...

Sensors and automatic identification have already transformed supply chains. RFID tags and scanners, barcodes, QR codes, and handheld or fixed position scanners and imagers generate real-time data ...

In most applications, radio-frequency-identification (RFID) systems are used to store product and process data on, or retrieve it from, a special RFID tag using wireless technologies. Power to operate ...

As seen here, once the tuna is caught, a reusable tag is attached, from which information is then automatically uploaded to blockchain. Photo courtesy of WWF In a significant development for global ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...

Quentin Hanich receives funding from various international foundations, development organisations and research bodies, and is a Principal Investigator with the Nereus Program. Any analysis or opinion ...