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Researchers develop world's fastest bar code reader

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 4

(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.





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Hospital to put codes on surgical sponges

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.


Doing More with Your Cell Phone

Doing More with Your Cell Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog

(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

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

RFID Chips Make Luggage Transport Reliable

Technology / Other

created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2006 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.


Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds

Other Sciences / Other

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

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 ...


Microsoft suspends Juku, admits code copying by vendor

Technology / Software

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft on Tuesday indefinitely suspended MSN Juku, its new microblogging service in China, after its Chinese vendor was caught lifting code from a rival Canadian startup, Plurk.


Microstamping Guns Feasible but Flawed, Study Finds

Other Sciences / Other

created May 03, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

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

New insight in nerve cell communication

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you

Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you (w/ Video)

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone ...



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