Few people think twice about barcodes, but in the 75 years since they were first dreamed up, they have helped save lives, gone into space and stoked fears of the Antichrist.

It’s already known that investing in a barcode system can be good for your business, but who came up with the idea for barcodes anyway? The History of the 1D Barcode When computers were first ...

It would speed up supermarket queues, he enthused. The solution would come to be known as the barcode. At this point in history barcodes had never been used commercially – though the idea had ...

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Retailers and experts say the old technology will be replaced by new labels already being tested in 48 countries ...