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.

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 ...

The way to check if your Nike shoes are original is by scanning the Universal product code (UPC) - which is a special barcode ...

The assistant fire chief of a Louisiana volunteer fire department has been arrested after allegedly creating fake barcode ...

DataMan 150/260 Series Features. For 1D linear barcodes, higher-density 2D matrix codes, or direct part mark (DPM) codes, the DataMan 150/260 series fixed-mount, image-based barcode readers deliver ...

“UPC bar codes offer another way for our users to access information from the products they interact with, and we see thousands of scans every day. “We are also a media driven company ...

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.

The advisory provided detailed information with the “UPC/barcode number” and “Best Used By Date” to identify the affected ...

Pearson Medical Technologies announces the international release of m:Print® Bar Code Labeling Software Version 4, a powerful new upgrade of its industry-leading pharmacy barcode label printing ...

Alongside the monkeys, each human member of McEnroe's team at IBM also deserves credit for the Universal Product Code (UPC), as their version of the barcode became formally known. Among their ...