Archive for August, 2011
Call them vanity barcodes. Instead of using simple squares filed with crowded vertical lines, companies are adding some artistic touches of their own. Nestle’s customized barcode for Juicy Juice has bubbles rising from the ubiquitous lines. Several companies have specialized in vanity barcodes in recent years. Some create them in-house. At Vanity Barcodes LLC in [...]
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QR codes have been appearing in more and more settings lately. Maybe you’ve seen them on the side of buses, on posters, in magazines, or even on business cards. These advanced bar codes were first implemented to track car parts, but have lately been valuable in generating brand awareness and loyalty. What is a QR [...]
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Changing 911 systems to accept digital communications is a huge task. Darrin J. Reilly, now CEO of Cassidian Communications, should know. He spent the last 17 years at Motorola getting emergency responders and investigators wired for new emergency communications systems. Right now, the only way to reach 911 in almost all areas, is by telephone. [...]
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Millions of people watched as the space shuttle Atlantis concluded its final voyage. This moment concluded the American space shuttle program; however the program leaves a legacy behind that won’t soon die out. Countless technologies that improve our way of life owe their invention to the space program. We see it in our homes, hospitals, [...]
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