Why your phone’s camera is secretly a barcode scanner Modern phones treat barcodes and QR codes as just another kind of visual information, so the same camera you use for photos can also read the ...

Apex Friendship Elementary School students board a bus on Aug. 29, 2022. Starting in the 2024-25 school year, Wake County students will need to scan a barcode when they enter and exit a school bus.

Wake County students riding the bus would need to scan an ID to get on the bus, under a plan proposed by the school system Tuesday, The proposal would go into effect next school year, first on yellow ...

Scanning a QR code with your phone is a common request, and should be simple, right? But it's not always as obvious how to do it as it should be. Read on for straightforward, illustrated instructions ...

I manage a swim club during the summer and want to build a basic (web-based, database back-end) member check-in app. The membership cards haven't been printed yet for the season, and it wouldn't be ...

Scanning a QR code with your phone is a common request, and should be simple, right? But it's not always as obvious how to do it as it should be. Read on for straightforward, illustrated instructions ...

Scanning QR codes with smartphones is easy. However, sometimes you don’t want to use your smartphone and wish to scan the QR code natively on your computer. The good news is it’s possible to scan QR ...

No more forgotten ingredients or last-minute shopping trips—this upcoming refrigerator from GE lets you scan items as you ...