Startup weaves barcodes in fabric for recycling

ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan (U-M) spin-out Fibarcode has developed a technology to weave barcodes in fabrics in a bid to make clothing and other textiles more recyclable and harder to counterfeit.

With around $1.6 million in support from a National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Fast-Track grant, Fibarcode hopes to develop the technology - which identifies where and how goods are made, as well as what they are made of - for commercial use.