Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode—more than 6 billion are scanned every single day. Here’s what to know about their history.

Beep! The barcode, that rectangle of thick and thin parallel lines seen on seemingly every grocery product, package, prescription bottle and piece of luggage is turning 50 years old.

Just ask the inventors of the barcode. Patented in 1952, the barcode as we know it today was an innovation almost 50 years in the making. No one made any real money from it until 1974, and its ...

The barcode, which takes the form of a cube 30 micrometres across, is being developed by a team at the National … Close. Advertisement. Skip to content. Sign in. Search the website.

Explore the omnipresence of barcodes in daily life, with over 10 billion scans daily. Discover the importance, types, and the promising future of this technology. Torrance, California, United ...

Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode—more than 6 billion are scanned every single day. Here’s what to know about their history.