Barcode imagers (also known as digital or area imagers) read both 1D and 2D barcodes using sensors that have rows of cells. They’re proliferating with 2D barcodes that embed more information than ...

Featured in many sci-fi stories as a quicker, more efficient way to record and transfer information, barcodes are both extremely commonplace today, and still amazingly poorly understood by many.

Someone’s hard work can be another’s stepping-stone to success! Barcode was the brainchild of Norman Joseph Woodland, but it is George Laurer who is credited for bringing the idea to fruition.

As phones, planners, cameras and miniature computers, cell phones provide many convenient functions for businesses. One of the newest features allows you to look up information based on barcodes.