A bar code scanner, also called a bar code reader, is a device that has the ability to read data from a printed bar code. A bar code is made up of a set of lines, which represents information ...

Wedge barcode scanners and serial barcode scanners both connect to a PC to scan barcodes into the system. They do not, however, work the same way and each has advantages and disadvantages. This ...

NCR is the leading maker of stationary bar code readers for checkout counters, with 37 percent of the market in 2001, according to Venture Development Corp. The company installed the world’s first bar ...

Maybe this will help shorten those long lines at the checkout counter. UCLA engineers say they have designed a bar code reader using a new imaging technique that is nearly a thousand times faster ...

In contrast, bar-code imagers (also known as digital or area imagers) read both 1D and 2D bar codes using CMOS or CCD sensors. However, unlike those in scanners, the sensors in imagers include ...

Amazon, just days after announcing its FireTV set-top box, has now announced a new home accessory dubbed the “Dash.” The Dash is a wand-sized device that has built in Wi-Fi, a barcode scanner ...

Using Barcode Reader couldn't be simpler: just tap "scan," then point your iPhone at the bar code for nearly any product. In mere seconds, it recognizes the code and fetches prices from any number ...

You can scan a barcode with your iPhone by using a third-party app. Currently, there are no built-in apps that can read barcodes.

Scanner guns, the bar-code readers used in warehouses world-wide, are getting a makeover—reborn as special rings employees wear on their hands to modified smartphones—to help retainers fill a ...