Happy 60th little buddy -- the Barcode turns 60 today
Almost too late to the party but found out that the invention of the barcode was October 7th, 1952,
From the
Beeb:
Barcode birthday: 60 years since patent
Sunday, 7 October is the 60th anniversary of the barcode patent, filed in the US in 1952.
However the distinctive black-and-white stripes did not make their first appearance in an American shop until 1974 - because the laser technology used to read them did not exist.
More:
The first item to be scanned by a barcode was a packet of chewing gum in an Ohio supermarket in 1974.
But the black-and-white stripes did not get a universal welcome, with some wine manufacturers refusing to incorporate barcodes onto their labels for aesthetic reasons.
A game changer.
Posted by DaveH at October 7, 2012 11:13 PM