Search results for bar code
Hospital to put codes on surgical sponges
Dec 08, 2007 |
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Loyola Medical Center in Chicago is putting bar codes on surgical sponges to make sure they aren't left inside a patient after an operation is over.
Researchers develop world's fastest bar code reader
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use.
Doing More with Your Cell Phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...
IKEA recalls marinated herring
May 15, 2007 |
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Ikea Systems has announced the recall of Ikea-labeled jars of marinated herring with a Best Before Date of 13-02-2008 or earlier.
RFID Chips Make Luggage Transport Reliable
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Transporting passenger baggage between the world’s airports is expected to become far more reliable in the future — with RFID technology. Siemens has developed a system that relies on a radio chip to replace ...
Seven bottles of shell topping recalled
Nov 20, 2006 |
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In one of the nation's smaller recalls, the Hershey Co. has announced the recall of seven, 7.25-ounce bottles of REESE'S Shell Topping.
Invigorated muscle structure allows geese to brave the Himalayas: research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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A higher density of blood vessels and other unique physiological features in the flight muscles of bar-headed geese allow them to do what even the most elite of human athletes struggle to accomplish - assert ...
Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds
May 13, 2008 |
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New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ...
Microstamping Guns Feasible but Flawed, Study Finds
May 03, 2007 |
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New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but does not work well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic science ...
New insight in nerve cell communication
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the ...
Chart junk? How pictures may help make graphs better
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina ...
Largest-ever collection of coins from Bar-Kokhba revolt found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 09, 2009 |
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The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew ...
Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls
Dec 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Countries that manage Antarctica plan tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters as tourist numbers rise, ...
Lexmark Releases Industrial-Strength Printer
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 10, 2007 |
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The Mustang ink-jet printer prints images for mail addressing, product coding, packaging, tickets, bar-code labels, and bills and statements.
Researchers Discover Nanoparticles Can Break On Through
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper ...
