Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days, with more companies integrating the technology into their systems and developers across the globe finding new ways to use it, for both good ...

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.

It was met with more criticism than even Michael Moore could have mustered. Union representatives said it would steal American jobs. Conspiracy theorists believed it was intrusively "Big Brother." ...

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...

One of the earliest forms of the bar code will celebrate its 40th anniversary Thursday, June 26. On that date in 1974, a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit Gum was scanned for its Universal Product Code (UPC) at ...

The invention that transformed the supply chain---the Universal Product Code bar code--turns 35 on June 26. The UPC bar code has 59 machine readable black and white bars that identify products and its ...

The much-hyped RFID challenges the UPC bar code, for decades the tried-and-true, black-striped workhorse of businesses everywhere. Putting them head to head, let's see who wins. In this technology ...

Some technologies you use every day, but without thinking about them. The bar code is one of these: everything you buy has one of these black and white striped codes on it. We've all seen how they are ...

If the checkout scanner malfunctions when you’re picking up a last-minute gift on your way to a birthday party, all hope is not lost—the cashier can complete the transaction by entering the number ...