
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

Art with glass barcodes
Illuminated by the sunlight during the day and at night with colorful LED's. New art collections made out of glass showing barcode images which are located in the visitor pavillion of the Cross church in Bonn, Germany. These are supposed to make you more contemplative, after scanning them with your smartphone. Words of faith - chosen by students and visitors This art collection of Carl Richard Montag is called "Lights words ". He installed these glass images in the pavilion o