So I guess laser printing bar codes onto fruit/vegetable skin has been a thing for a while now. Slipped my radar. I only heard about it recently from this article where a market in the UK is using the technology on Avocados.
Here is the company behind the technology:
http://www.laserfood.es/index.php/en/
The labels, which are etched onto fruit's skin with lasers instead of stickers, will save 10 tonnes of paper and five tonnes of glue every year according to M&S.
Here is the company behind the technology:
http://www.laserfood.es/index.php/en/
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That's not a bad idea; so long as the item isn't damaged in such a way the bar code doesn't work. Then again, seems like they always have to key it in anyways rather than use the bar code.
I guess it can only work on certain fruit/veggies. A pack of strawberries?
I guess it can only work on certain fruit/veggies. A pack of strawberries?
Yeah, you'd think the skin on a Strawberry is so sensitive that you could ruin it with this type of technology. I'm guessing this will initially be used on fruits/veggies where the skin isn't eaten.
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Berries, grapes, etc are going to be in a package anyway. This is for fruit that gets those little individual stickers: avocados, grapefruit, oranges... good question though about thin skin like apples, may not work so well.
