Saturday, April 21, 2007

New alternative standard for bar code

The Microsoft is considering a new barcode, with main focus of restrain the piracy of its products.
This new bar code, call of High Capacity Color Barcode (HCCB), uses colored triangle, differently of black and white the current standard with lines.

Some disadvantages are:

-Low storage capacity
-Expense with impression (had the colorful ink and special paper)
-To revert all the existing codes in the market

Some advantages are:

-It could be added information of security of the product
-Links for pages in the internet with content you add
-It could be recognized for cameras of cellular and webcam

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