Coming soon: Barcode Scanner for medical practices
German Medical Associations agreed to standard medication plans for patients. The medications and the reason why they have been subscribed and the effects in the patient’s body, all of this information will be wrote down on paper and enter into the computer. This procedure definitely optimizes the patients’ treatment process. To make it technically easy, a 2D Barcode is printed on the medication plans of the patients, that is why the doctors’ offices need to equip themselves
Working environment in the stone quarry - Not for Scanner wimps!
Wind, dust, rain, humidity, moisture and vibrations these are all working conditions which a regular Scanner wouldn't survive. The bmk stone quarry companies don't even think about using some cheap scanner. To document their working processes professionally they decided to use the powerlinECCO+ from PANMOBIL. A scanner that resists these working conditions! Shell limestone out of 70 meters depth 07:00 am the day starts for about 200 bmk staff members at 4 locations in Baden-W
UK: Ministry of Health invests millions in new barcode systems
Six hospital organizations in UK receive about 2 Million GBP to realize the barcode standards of "GS1" and "PEPPOL"(Pan European Procurement Online) and to equip all the hospitals with the according technology. They are suppose to have the most modern healthcare technology and be a raw model for all other organizations. Patience will be scanned more A better and more secure care, a more efficient use of the budget and an optimum administration of the goods in stock - these ar
A 17 year old student developed his own Barcode-System
He wanted a better organization for his school books and therefore Janek Blankenburg from Neufahrn in Bavaria, Germany developed a Barcode-System in his computer science class. It is supposed to amplify the regular black and white 2D Barcode with colors and transmit more information. 390000 data information instead of 2048 Instead of writing down all the books data manually, Janek Blankenburg wanted to digitalize the old-fashioned administration system of his school, writes t
In 2019 pharmaceuticals are only available with 2D Barcodes
For more security and safety against forgery pharmaceutical manufacturer must add a DataMatrix-Code and a packaging seal on the prescript medication in the future. These are the new European guidelines that will be legally enforced in 2019. Currently 35 companies are testing a new national verification system with 2D Barcodes. Pharmacies have to equip their inventory with 2D Barcode Scanner The European ordinance 2016/161: requires that from the 9th of February 2019 only medi
Is this the end of QR-Codes for marketing purposes?
On individual products, on shopping windows and generally in advertisings you can find QR-Codes. You can capture them with your smartphone to get more information about a product. Panasonic developed a new light technology with which such QR-Codes could be vanished in the future. "Light ID technology" Instead of QR-Codes Panasonic counts on light signal codes in their newest development. Up to today QR-Codes made it possible to get more information about products and to watch
Hunting Easter eggs with QR-Codes
The city Weiden in Bavaria, Germany came up with a special idea for Eastern. A city wide search for Easter eggs made of paper with QR-Codes. Whoever finds those eggs in the participating stores collects voucher codes for their purchase. The cities' marketing department wants to combine the Online-shopping with the Store-shopping in a very smart way. Retail Store-Shopping is still more important than Online Shopping The principle behind the Easter eggs hunting with QR-Code is
Refugee Camp: More safety with Barcode Scanner
How to react in case of fire? Everybody need to leave the building that´s for sure! It needs a lot of organized procedures to be able to evacuate a refugee camp without problems. The rescue team "Malteser" in Herne and Wanne-Eickel, Germany use Barcode-Scanner for the evacuation processes to be the most effective. Fire drill for 273 refugees An alarm sound with an automatic voice in four languages: after only 15 minutes the complete camp was evacuated, reports " Der Westen".
Current trend: Barcode fasting
There are 17 more days until Easter Sunday - 17 more fasting days. You can abstain from sweets, alcohol, shopping: The most important fact is to abstain from something that you like to do and it is hard to keep away from. Sophia Reiz is a blogger and she took this primal concept to another level: she abstains from barcodes. Keeping away from everything that carries a barcode Sophia Reiz introduced this idea in her Blog in 2014 and meanwhile a couple of grocery stores are inte
Playing Monopoly with Barcode Scanner in the future?
The monopoly producer Hasbro brings out a new cashless version of his favorite family game to the market, instead of paying with game money you pay with Barcode Scanner. Monopoly Ultimate Banking Edition In its newest version the producer completely resigns from game money. You want to buy a street first the barcode on the street card needs to be scanned and then the barcode on the bank card and they money will be deducted from the players game account. Passing by "GO" is the
