There's an app for that
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Americium is not used in bar code scanners.
Download a scanning app
Download an app for your smartphone that has a bar code scanner. It will help you check prices when you're at the store and see if you've overpaying. Some bar codes even have extra information and coupon deals written into them when you scan them.
There are several companies that make hand held bar code readers. You can even get an app for your smart phone that will read bar codes. A major manufacturer of bar code reader is Motorola (they bought "Symbol" the leading bar code reader company a while back). Look at: http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Bar+Code+Scanning
A data matrix bar code is used on almost very product which is found in stores. The data matrix bar code is used to identify a product and find the price in a computer system.
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The bar code reader is used to read printed bar codes. It allows an attached computer to identify a product or item on which a bar code it printed and, most importantly, price that item to automate and speed checkout in a store or market.
For example a library
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A bar code is used to identify a product or item. That's all. Other information associated with that bar code is held on the computer server that is linked to the bar code scanner. That other information could include what the item is, its price, brand, size/weight, and many other particulars. The scanner is able to identify the item, and once the bar code has been used for that, the computer server does the rest.