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70th Anniversary of the Barcode
In 1952, a pair of Drexel Institute of Technology graduate students patented a method for instant electronic recall of product information based on patterns of lines of varied widths. The barcode is still an enduring icon of technology that has endured the test of time seventy years later.In 1948, the president of a grocery store chain visited Drexel in the aim of utilizing the university's technical expertise to develop a method for reading product data during the checkout process. Card reading
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Apr 21st 2022