If you work for a DoD contractor, you might well have had to print the special labels that are needed to comply with the MIL-STD-130 IUID program. Often this is achieved just by printing the label with just the IUID information and applying it to the product, along with the existing labels. Today, we got to […]
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Schools Add RFID Tagging to Student IDs
The days of the morning attendance roll call are in decline as schools are now adopting RFID technology to track everything from student attendance to valuable assets. Students will carry ID cards or tags with a unique identifier that is transmitted to readers in the school. No more swiping cards; the reader instantly relays the […]
2D Barcodes – More Info Less Space
2D Barcodes becoming widely adopted for access to more information in smaller labeling spaces.
Coalition Pushes for UDI Ruling
Recently, a number of physician associations, group purchasing organizations, and other groups in the healthcare industry have petitioned Senate and House committees to set defined guidelines to implement a unique device identifier system. The Advancing Patient Safety Coalition (APS) petitioned a pair of Congressional committees to include in the latest FDA user fee agreements specific […]
Video: How Barcode Scanners Work
Did you ever wonder how a scanner reads a barcode? There’s a lot of science and engineering behind that red beam of light. The basic principle of a scanner is to analyze an image and process it in some way. Image and text capture (optical character recognition or OCR) allow you to save information to […]
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