Industry News
Toying with barcodes – or hacking systems that use barcodes.
As I was browsing the web today for an online barcode generator I came across this video titled “Toying with barcodes”. The video starts out pretty mundane. Just a basic overview of barcodes and barcode scanner types. It then morphs into a discussion about how people have hacked into various systems that [...]
Motorola 9808 – First Hybrid Laser and Imager Barcode Scanner
Motorola (formerly Symbol Technologies) has released their latest barcode scanner, the 9808. Why is this an important announcement? It’s the first barcode scanner that has both a laser engine and an area imager.
The laser engine is available as either an SR (standard range) or LR (long range) laser engine. The only difference [...]
Honeywell Imaging and Mobility to move manufacturing to China
Honeywell Imaging and Mobility (formerly Hand Held Products) announced during the week of August 4th, 2008 that they would be moving all barcode scanner manufacturing to China. This was big news for Honeywell. Why? Because they were the last hold out to move all manufacturing off shore. At one time I knew a lot of [...]
