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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>VERY, Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> oplintech-bounces@oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:17
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OPLINTECH<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OPLINTECH] Barcode
replacement shown off</span></font><font size=3 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>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>
<br>
<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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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chad</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region> Neeper<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Level 9 Networks<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>740-548-8070 (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>866-214-6607 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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Chad Neeper wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> 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><span style='font-style:italic'>can</span></i> see is
manufacturers embedding the bokodes in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>conjunction</span></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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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chad</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chad</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region> Neeper<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Systems Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Level 9 Networks<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>740-548-8070 (voice)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>866-214-6607 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- Full LAN/WAN consulting services --<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- Specialized in libraries and schools --<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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Dan Will wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</xml><![endif]-->This caught my attention from Slashdot.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u5:p></u5:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u5:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8170027.stm" moz-do-not-send=true>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8170027.stm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font><u5:p></u5:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Dan Will<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Library<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>The difference between fiction
and reality?<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Fiction has to make sense.<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Consolas><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Tom Clancy<u5:p></u5:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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