Not long afterward, in 1967, the railroad industry implemented Kartrak, which was the world’s first official barcode system. Kartrak barcodes were developed to automatically identify rail ...

A colour barcode system holding more data than current codes will find its way onto DVDs later this year. The four and eight-colour geometric patterns can hold up to two-pages of data, double the ...

However, Mr. Cua said the new price coding system would require a change in the software and hardware used by supermarkets. He added that it would take longer for smaller retailers to implement the ...

Hardware and software for a bar coding system are expected to arrive at the Police Department this month, Police Chief Dan Smith said. "It's a big time-saving feature," he said. Several other ...