The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer—on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going ...

It was a barcode. Why? Google is celebrating the 57th anniversary of the first patent for barcodes ... celebrated his 88th birthday on Sept. 6 and got his idea in 1951 while daydreaming at ...

Originally developed to help supermarkets speed up the checkout process, the first live use of a U.P.C ... to my respect for check-out workers. The barcode is one of those pieces of US technology ...

The barcode has become an essential part of the modern world. There are 10 billion barcode scans every day and they are used on products in every country. It started as a few lines drawn in the ...

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going ...

Argentina: Still a nation of beef lovers? The barcode has become an essential part of the modern world. There are 10 billion barcode scans every day and they are used on products in every country.