Knowing how to read a barcode will definitely help. The first three digits on the UPC barcode are the numbers to look for to ...

The first product purchased with a barcode was a 10 pack of Juicy Fruit gum, scanned on June 26, 1974 at Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The code scanned that day was UPC-A, the same barcode used ...

They formed a group to develop a 'Uniform Grocery Product Code', and IBM then regained their interest and got Mr Woodland to ...

It was while working as an electrical engineer with IBM that George Laurer fully developed the Universal Product Code (UPC), or barcode. He developed a scanner that could read codes digitally.