“One scan, infinite possibilities,” de Barbuat said. An example of the new 2D barcode (left) next to a 1D barcode. Barcodes were invented in the late 1940s by US science graduates Norman ...
The ability to scan 1D and 2D barcodes is a standard feature of such smartphones, as no extra hardware is required, courtesy of miniature camera technologies one could only dream of back in the 1970s.
Barcodes, the ubiquitous black-and-white stripes seen on almost every product today, have come a long way since their inception. Introduced in 1948 and first used in retail decades later, barcodes ini ...