Can Excel create barcodes? Yes, and it’s as easy as downloading the correct fonts. You don’t have to purchase any of those barcode software programs that you can find online unless you need a more ...

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 demise of Shelfie, a tool that allowed customers to link their print books to e-books, got me thinking about bar codes. Obviously, one method of linking print to its digital metadata is through ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, ...

Every few years, the small town of Troy in Miami County, Ohio celebrates an historic occasion that for a few giddy weeks puts it on the world map of the grocery trade. At the time, National Cash ...

Bar codes affect millions of consumers every day, but few peopleknow how the ubiquitous little labels work. In supermarkets and other stores, clerks speed the checkoutprocess by scanning bar codes ...