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1) The Barcode Turns 50 and Doubles in Power
Release Date 9/27/2024 Exhibitor Datalogic

On June 26, 1974, a supermarket cashier in Troy, Ohio, made history by scanning a barcode on a ten-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum with a Magellan Model A scanner. Developed by Spectra Physics, now part of the Italian multinational Datalogic, this was the world's first fixed retail scanner. ...