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color:#1F497D'>UPS and many retailers have been using the bocodes for a bit.
There is an iphone app to read them out. As far as the charger idea goes I
wonder how much testing has been done on affects it will have on humans and for
that matter magnetic properties of other devices in its immediate area. Still
cool stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> oplintech-bounces@oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OPLINTECH<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] Barcode replacement shown off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Now THIS is something that we've all been dreaming about for
years! I remember being excited about it a year or two ago when the researchers
first started successfully experimenting with it over a significant enough
distance to be useful. It looks like the technology is starting to move from
R&D to commercial products, or will be very soon. I can't wait to get rid
of all those computer power cables!<br>
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm</a><br>
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Chad<br>
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<pre>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chad Neeper<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Level 9 Networks<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>740-548-8070 (voice)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>866-214-6607 (fax)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<o:p></o:p></pre>
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Chad Neeper wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Interesting, but I wonder if it would actually garner
widespread adoption and completely replace, for instance, the ubiquitous UPC
barcode. From the description, I would guess that it requires specialized
equipment to produce, for starters. This might be a hindrance to those
individuals/organizations that produce their own barcodes from their regular
daily-use printers. That fact alone would affect everything from libraries
producing their own barcodes on books to US postal mail, which uses address
information encoded into a barcode (which senders can currently produce
themselves).<br>
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What I suppose I <i>can</i> see is manufacturers embedding the bokodes in <i>conjunction</i>
with barcodes, to provide additional information...if the cost/benefit is good.
And even then, used mostly for warehousing activities. Still, it would have to
fight already-established RFID tags. But honestly, I can't see myself taking a
picture of the cereal row in my grocery store with my cell phone or PDA...to
pick out the cereal I want!<br>
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My 2 cents.<br>
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Chad<br>
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<pre>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Chad Neeper<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Level 9 Networks<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>740-548-8070 (voice)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>866-214-6607 (fax)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<o:p></o:p></pre>
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Dan Will wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This caught my attention from Slashdot.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8170027.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8170027.stm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Technology
Supervisor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Meigs
County District Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><a
href="mailto:willda@oplin.org">willda@oplin.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.5813</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>740.992.6140
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>The
difference between fiction and reality?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Fiction
has to make sense.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Tom
Clancy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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