Future Barcodes Could Be Based on Human Scent

It seems that the future evolution of barcodes could be based on human scent, or so says a report on the Spectrocopynow. One advantage of scented barcodes could be that children would be less liable to lose their garments. Mobile Barcodes Innovations reports.

As any parent knows, children have a nasty habit of losing gloves, hats, coats, and even shoes. Today it's possible to mark such clothing with 2D barcodes that can be read and recognized with any good camera phone, avoiding confusion when items are accidently mixed up.

Such a solution, however, requires patient parents to create the appropriate identification barcodes (with free software that is available online), print the codes onto fabric labels, and then sew those labels into potentially mislaid items.

Once found, the codes are 'scanned' using software on any suitable camera-equipped mobile phone, and the garments can be returned to their rightful owners.

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emily | 9:07 AM | QR Codes / RFID Tags / NFC |
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