On today's date in 1974 the world's first Universal Product Code was scanned at
a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. The checkout counter used in the transaction was designed right here in Dayton by NCR (formerly National Cash Register) and the product scanned was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum which cost 67 cents.
A barcode-bending sticker from
WRIR-LP, a 42-watt low-power FM, volunteer-run, community radio station from Richmond, Virginia. They first went on the air New Year's Day in 2005.
Barcoded shirt from Alternative station
KRBZ in Kansas City, Missouri.
On today's date in 1974 the world's first Universal Product Code was scanned at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. The checkout counter used in the transaction was designed right here in Dayton by NCR (formerly National Cash Register) and the product scanned was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum which cost 67 cents.
A barcode-bending sticker from WRIR-LP, a 42-watt low-power FM, volunteer-run, community radio station from Richmond, Virginia. They first went on the air New Year's Day in 2005.
Barcoded shirt from Alternative station KRBZ in Kansas City, Missouri.
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