4 messages in edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom, Bar Codes in tracking samples
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JAMES BLAKEAug 7, 1995 9:31 pm 
Julian HumphriesAug 8, 1995 9:37 am 
Julian HumphriesAug 8, 1995 6:29 pm 
Karen WilsonAug 9, 1995 7:47 am 
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Subject:, Bar Codes in tracking samplesActions...
From:Karen Wilson (Kare@RBGSYD.GOV.AU)
Date:Aug 9, 1995 7:47:17 am
List:edu.ku.nhm.mailman.taxacom

Julian Humphries wrote:

Everybody assumes barcodes are something special. I predict with 3-4 years they will be obsolete, that scanners will read Times Roman numbers as well as they read |||\|/!! (put your favorite barcode here).

In fact, another technology is already being developed by the South Africans, as I recall from a message last year: use of a microchip for each box/bottle/specimen. The codes could then be read by running a reader across the storage shelving. Perhaps someone else remembers more of the details?

----------------------------------------------------------------- Karen L. Wilson Royal Botanic Gardens E-mail: karen at rbgsyd.gov.au Mrs Macquaries Road Fax: 61-2-251.7231 SYDNEY NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-2-231.8137