THERE are millions of tattoo designs to choose from when getting an inking. But one man decided that instead of getting a ...

We used to call the vertical lines above the upper lip “smoker’s lines” because you get them from puckering your lips repeatedly over time. Now that fewer people smoke, we call them “barcode lines” ...

Beep! The barcode, that rectangle of thick and thin parallel lines seen on seemingly every grocery product, package, prescription bottle and piece of luggage is turning 50 years old. Almost as old is ...

Barcode technology has become so widespread that many consumers take it for granted, but the technology continues to offer numerous benefits in a wide array of businesses. With only some basic ...

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer—on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going strong.

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.

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 ...

Former head of performance for the NY Knicks, Mubarak Malik, launched Barcode as a low-sugar, functional alternative to the traditional hydration products. Performance-oriented beverage startup, ...