Bar codes were first invented in 1949 when a patent was filed by Norman Woodland, previously of the Manhattan Project, and later IBM. https://en.wikipedia.org/

Bar codes were first invented in 1949 when a patent was filed by Norman Woodland, previously of the Manhattan Project, and later IBM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Joseph_Woodland?lang=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Joseph_Woodland?lang=en