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.
“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 ...
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 ...