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How to tell if a product’s manufacturer supports SOPA

January 29th 2012 22:13
No More SOPA is an app that was released into the Android store recently, developed by a group of students from the University of British Columbia.

The app allows users to scan any product’s barcode to determine if the maker of said product official supports SOPA.

The barcode scanning app uses the public UPC database to find the product-in-question’s manufacturer and then it compares the result with a list of 800 firms with lobbying ties to the bill.

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Scanning the shelves for heathy food

January 10th 2012 22:55
A mobile phone application called FoodSwitch will scan barcode labels of packed food items, giving the phone user a sense of the product’s health score using a traffic lights system. Users will see the product’s nutrional information.

The phone will be able to scan over 20,000 different barcodes.

The iPhone app has been developed by Bupa in association with the George Institute of Sydney.

The camera on the iPhone will be used as a barcode scanner.

Is your barcode in the system? Will you submit your barcode to the app inventory?

Remember: It's crucial to regularly test all barcodes with approved barcode verifiers.
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Interesting news: Unique overground conveyor built next to Old Route 66

November 22nd 2011 16:32
I’ve always been a little obsessed with massive constructions like tall buildings and basically, anything that makes me feel really tiny. I remember when I was younger I used to pass this HUGE building with a clock right at the top, which used to dwarf me. It was awe inspiring. I was just taken back to that childhood feeling again after reading this story in the Lincoln Courier about a very impressive 5.5 mile-long conveyor belt they’re building next to Old Route 66 in the USA.

The gigantic conveyor belt will carry coal from where it’s mined to the processing plant, helping to boost the amount of production.

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conveyor - copyright Lincoln Courier


President of the Illinois Coal Association Phil Conet says that such large conveyors underground are not unusual in the industry, and that moving coal above ground is typically less expensive, usually conveyors below ground need to weave through old mine shafts.

There are four new mines planned for Illinois, projected to boost the coat production to 60 million tons a year by 2014. This will bring extra jobs to the area, but at a slow pace, as coal productivity is now more efficient (i.e. because of the conveyors).

Do you live near there? When it’s finished will you be able to see it? I wonder if you’ll be able to see it on Google maps? Interesting!
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