The barcode is set to be phased out and replaced with a next-generation upgrade with significant improvements for both consumers and retailers.

It can scan 1D as well as 2D barcodes with ease, meaning you needn’t have two scanners for different codes.It is wired, works with multiple operating systems and offers ease of use. It can scan ...

“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 ...

1D barcodes are only able to store up to seven different data points ... They will look and work in a very similar way that QR codes operate, as they can be scanned by regular retail machines and also ...

But there's a push to get rid of them within just two years, replaced by QR-style 2D barcodes. GS1, the global non-profit organization that develops and maintains standards for supply chain ...