The shift from 1D to 2D barcodes is making packaging smarter, more connected and ready for GS1 Sunrise 2027.

Unlike “linear imagers” or scanners, digital or area imagers can read and process data from 1D and 2D bar codes. A diffuse light source boosts image-capture reliability. Bar codes, those ubiquitous ...

Christoph Wagner is the CEO of Scanbot SDK, a software development company specializing in data capture software for mobile and web apps. Considering how quickly retail is changing, it is astounding ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. Barcodes have been a staple of commerce since the first UPC barcode was ...

The short answer is no. There are handheld devices that can read passive tags as well as 1D or 2D bar codes, but I don’t know of any modules that can be integrated into a device that includes all ...