The IBM engineers were trying to bring barcodes to life. They had a vision of the future where shoppers whizzed through the checkout with lasers scanning every item they wanted to purchase.
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These numbers uniquely identify a product when it is listed online, or is read by a barcode scanner. A UPC is the most common type of barcode symbol—you see the series of black lines on products ...
B&M shoppers are rushing out to stock up on Squishmallows as they are currently an “absolute steal” having been reduced to just £5. Bargain hunters have been getting excited about the popular ...
These hidden digital markers, unlike the standard barcode pictured above, are undetectable to the human eye but visible to advanced scanning systems / Credit: Michal Hostovecky via Shutterstock As ...