Mass market home barcode reader asset management

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This looks interesting

>From Gizmag

http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/4028/

Home Asset Management System

Intelli Innovations offers a USB or Bluetooth wireless barcode reader with
software to offer an intelligent organisational tool for getting your wine
collection in order, cataloguing your media (books, movies, Cds, DVDs etc)
collection, keeping track of all those books you lend to people and never
can find again, or well , just about anything. It's a low cost asset
management system that can be applied to almost any collection of goods for
personal, productivity, taxation or insurance purposes.

There's specialist software available with the Intelliscanner for media
collection organization. Just scan the retail barcode to automatically
retrieve detailed item information and artwork on your desktop in the same
way that Apple's iTunes software goes on-line to recognise all those
obscure
CDs automatically. Comprehensive database software included in the box
makes
it easy to sort, organise, and share information about your media.



Intelliscanner's wine collector works pretty much the same way - by
scanning
each bottle's retail bar code, the Wine Collector software allows users to
automatically catalogue an entire wine collection with ease. Wine Collector
automatically enters the name, varietal, winery, country, type, color,
region, and more in seconds, and allows additional opportunities for
tracking maturity, ratings, tasting notes and much more.

The Home Assets package works with the scanner in the same way to enable
homeowners to maintain an inventory of all valuable items within the home.
Home Assets not only creates an assets database, but also generates reports
suitable for calculating depreciation and market value. The application
also
has the capability to support photos for your valuables (e.g., art,
jewelry,
rare books) that document item condition or other features.




I like the look of Auction Automator too

http://www.intellisw.com/intelliscanner/auction/index.php