Tis the Season: My Top 10 Barcode Gift Ideas

On Veteran’s Day, I decided to take advantage of some of the great online sales and get some of my Christmas shopping done early.  My mom requested gloves and earmuffs. Simple enough…or so I thought! When I searched for gloves and earmuffs, I found results such as: “Fingerless Texting Gloves with Mitten Cover,” “Touchscreen Gloves” …

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Intermec and Honeywell: A Marriage Made in AIDC Heaven

As an outsider looking in, I am excited to see that Honeywell completed the acquisition of Intermec. As a former “seasoned” Intermec veteran, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for all of the very fine people I have had the pleasure of working for and with over the years. The immense …

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Marketer by Day, Grad Student by Night: Discovering RFID Technology

Writing case studies has been my life for the past year.  I am finishing up my MBA in Digital Marketing and while going to class is fun (sometimes), I decided that it was time for me to have a change in scenery, especially since I am taking my last two classes at the moment.  This …

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Star Micronics iOS Receipt Printing

Star Micronics is on the leading edge of iOS based Point of Sale (POS) receipt printing.  When it comes to iOS receipt printing (iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone), the standard is AirPrint.  I’m not aware of any receipt printers with native AirPrint support so at this point, application based support is your best bet. Star …

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SMX East: Utilizing Personalized Bar Codes on Name Tags

I went to the Search Marketing Expo (SMX East) in New York City a couple of weeks ago and had a lot of fun! It was a three-day conference with over 50 sessions of SEO, SEM and social media marketing tactics to attract and delight visitors and leads. Over the course of the conference, I learned …

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Around the World in 80 Hours: The 2013 Advantech World Partner Conference

Wow—What a great experience! The location for the 2013 Advantech iAutomation World Partner Conference was Dubai from October 7-9. I had never been to Dubai but I was on my way with L-Tron’s CEO RAD DeRose.  It was a whirlwind — total travel time of 36 hours with approx. 50 hours on the ground! Were we …

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Counting King Salmon: An RFID Solution?

It’s that time of year when Freshwater and Saltwater King Salmon will begin the migration back to where they were born to spawn and die. Depending on their location, some salmon will travel over 1,000 miles to spawn. Over the past years, it has become necessary for the Alaska Department of Game and Fish to keep …

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Just for Fun..Can I Connect Data Collection and the Chicago Style Hot Dog?

My name is Gayle DeRose and I am in the high-tech business. Data Collection. Data Acquisition. Rugged computing solutions. I am the COO at L-Tron Corporation, and we partner with the best in the business: Advantech, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, and Zebra Technologies, just to name a few. I do routinely blog about our business. And today I have been inspired …

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Should you buy an ET1 or that other thing?

Question: Should I buy a rugged handheld device or something that could break under normal circumstances? Answer: Sorry to be “that guy” but I’m going to answer your question with more questions; “What are you trying to do?” and “How will it be used?” If you are looking for a handheld device to use at home on your couch, then …

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Motorola LI2208 — Value Driven Scanning

Motorola’s latest offering in linear imaging scanning is really impressive.  Linear imaging scanning has been around for a while, but the LI2208 moves things to the next level of speed, performance, and decoding. One of the advantages of imaging scanning—2D or linear—is that you can scan on almost surface or through several substrates, such as …

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