The Center for Automatic Identification at Ohio University is the nation's first university-based education and research center devoted solely to the study of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). The center is hosting the 16th annual Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technical Institute (AIDCTI) July 21 to 26.
TEKLYNX, the world's leading developer of software products for the AIDC marketplace, is donating $15,000 of software to educational attendees. The donation includes a TEKLYNX CODESOFT label design software 25-user network for Ohio University.
"We've been studying and teaching AIDC for 16 years here at Ohio University," said Bruce Philpot, managing director of the center. "It is a set of enabling technologies for so many operations that we continue to find new uses every day. One of our objectives has been to help proselytize the industry.
"This Institute is a major contributor to that objective and the CODESOFT donation will multiply the effects of our efforts by enabling us to have a state-of-the-art AIDC system for the University and by letting other higher education facilities learn and teach AIDC in their own facilities," Philpot said.
The main focuses of AIDC include magnetic stripes, bar codes, radio frequency identification, smart cards and biometrics. The center was established in 1988 to provide a focused, unbiased, nonprofit organization in recognition of the increasing uses of bar coding and other AIDC technologies. These technologies are being applied in many business environments to increase data accuracy and improve productivity.
