Now with the scanners you cannot scan the wrong product and send it out.

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You can scan the barcode on any product and the free app will trace its ownership all the way to its top corporate parent company, including conglomerates like Koch Industries.

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On completion of this process, complete a second scan using a different anti virus product.

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When the legislation comes into force in 2016, pharmacists and hospitals will be required to scan the bar code to ensure the product is legitimate.

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Good Guide , for example, allows smart phones to scan your bar code and immediately rank your product and potentially suggest a more sustainable alternative on the next shelf.

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In addition, Microsoft showed an update to Bing Maps that enables indoor search, such as within shopping malls, and a Google Goggles-like service called Bing Vision that lets users scan products like books to find quick links to product reviews, prices and vendors.

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According to comScore, another research company, more than two-thirds of Americans and Europeans who scan QR codes do so in order to obtain information about a product.

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If you recall, we knew a year ago that Fujitsu was working on a tablet that could scan the palm as a form of authentication, but we've never actually seen a finished product, or even a functioning prototype.

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