Although barcodes are currently utilized mainly to keep track of merchandise, they may soon also be used to detect counterfeit goods. We're not talking about ordinary barcode labels, however. Instead, ...

UK engineers have developed the first 3D barcode that can be built into products during manufacture. The new technology "has particular relevance for pharmaceutical, automotive and high value consumer ...

The codes consist of a series of small indentations with precise, slightly different depths, allowing for billions of different combinations. They are deciphered by a device that "reads" the dents ...

Engineers in Yorkshire have developed the first 3D barcode that can be built into products during manufacture. The technology, unveiled today at the British Science Festival in Bradford, is claimed to ...

The first 3D barcode which can be built into products during manufacture has been developed by UK engineers. The anti-counterfeit marker is virtually invisible to the naked eye and impossible to ...

Could a barcode on each individual pill stop the flow of counterfeit medicine?(Conor Lawless - Flickr CC BY 2.0) Phillip Harrison is making a list. 'Handbags. Turbine blades found in one of the F-18s.

The system is co-developed by engineers from a UK company Sofmat and the University of Bradford. It can give each pill an identification by stamping a series of minuscule pinpricks on it, which is as ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Barcodes started out one-dimensional — a line of black-and-white stripes encoding product information. Then they went ...

A TEAM of engineers from the University of Bradford have helped develop the first 3D barcode which can be built into products during the manufacturing process. The anti-counterfeit marker is virtually ...

A UK team has developed 3D barcodes that could help tackle counterfeiting of drugs, watches and other devices. The codes consist of a series of small indentations with precise, slightly different ...