The Fascinating History of the QR Code
Meet Masahiro Hara, born in Tokyo in 1957. Mr. Hara studied electronic engineering at Hosei University and graduated in 1980, finding work at the Toyota Group. Having seen the benefits of [...]
Happy 50th Birthday, Barcode
Wednesday, June 26 was the 50th anniversary of the first commercial scan of a barcode on a consumer product, a pack of Wrigley chewing gum. Those of us who were involved had no idea when and [...]
Where Did Barcode Technology Come From?
Like most innovations, barcode technology started with a problem looking for a solution. Unlike a lot of solutions, barcode technology wasn’t possible without the existence of a solution that had [...]
Dr. David Allais, Barcode Inventor and Pioneer
Dr. Allais is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of bar coding and automatic identification. As chief executive officer of Intermec Corporation from 1973 through September 1987, [...]
What Are Barcodes and Why Do They Exist?
Dr. Jerome Swartz, former CEO of Symbol Technologies is credited with having defined barcodes as “…portable, disposable memory.” Someday I hope to confirm or refute that in a conversation with [...]
In Memory of Paul Bergé
We lost a founder and a giant in the barcode industry. On Tuesday, January 28, Paul Bergé died suddenly and unexpectedly. Known to many in barcoding, most recently Paul served as the President of [...]
George Laurer, Inventor of the UPC has died at 94
University of Maryland alumnus and inventor of the Universal Product Code, George Laurer, has died. His funeral was held on Monday, December 9 . Mr. Laurer was an electrical engineer at IBM at [...]
2014 Automatic Identification Teacher’s Institute
The 2014 Automatic Identification Teacher’s Institute convened at the University of Memphis. This great AIDC industry event recent relocated from its previous home at Ohio University in Athens, [...]