As more and more products are manufactured via 3D printing, the potential for inferior-quality 3D-printed counterfeit versions of those products rises accordingly. With that in mind, scientists have ...

Our lives were made considerably simpler by QR codes, which were developed in 1994 by the Japanese vehicle company Denso Wave. QR codes often include data for a tracker, location, or identification ...

Scientists have developed a new method of providing information on 3D-printed foods, by printing a QR code within the food itself. Doing so doesn't affect the taste or outward appearance of the food, ...

Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have unveiled a new advancement in food printing technology. Using their innovative 3D food printer, they created meals or ...

Scientists in Japan developed a method to 3D-print cookies with built in QR codes. The non-toxic addition could help cut down on waste products like wrappers and packaging as well as add to food ...

An interesting research project out of MIT shows that it’s possible to embed machine-readable labels into 3D printed objects using nothing more than an FDM printer and filament that is transparent to ...