A team of computer scientists and biologists have developed a barcode-like scanning system ... and could be used on additional animals with stripes, such as tigers and giraffes.

Barcodes, those ubiquitous stripes we encounter daily at checkout counters, are far more than mere patterns — they are pillars of modern food distribution and traceability. Celebrating its 50th ...

I remember encountering the ugly black-and-white stripes of a barcode for the first time – defacing the front of my favorite magazine. Of course, Mad found a way of dealing with the UPC code by ...

was one of the first to use the barcode, implementing it in the 1960s to identify railroad cars automatically. The plan involved using a series of colored stripes on steel plates, which were ...

It’s a barcode. Hanna Rosin: A barcode. That little rectangle of black-and-white stripes that you find on pretty much every single product, from lawn chairs to insulin to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

Analysing the sequence of genetic "letters" that makes up this mitochondrial gene gives a sequence of barcode stripes which is unique to most species. Across humans the sequence is identical in ...

With a pattern similar to a barcode, these “warming stripes” were created by Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in England. Originally, each stripe depicted the ...

Barcode-scanning and data management expert Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA) reported fourth-quarter results last week. The report edged out Wall Street's average expectations across the board ...

THE promoters of Red Stripe Bold Barcode, postponed due to the recent inclement weather, capitalised on the shortage of Boxing Day events for its target market and rolled out a hotbed of musical ...

When astronomical summer begins on Wednesday, a recurring image will pop up across the country and around the world. In addition, some landmarks around the United States will be illuminated with ...