A Laser, a Pack of Gum and IBM

Bar code anniversary...

Every time you hear that beep at checkout, you hear a little bit of IBM, tumblr.com reports.

Forty-two years ago today, a pack of Juicy Fruit at a grocery store in Ohio became the first item swiped using a UPC bar code, technology IBM helped invent, tumblr wrote.

Now that same beep is heard billions of times a day, all over the world, tumblr added.

For more: http://ibmblr.tumblr.com/post/146523419488/a-laser-a-pack-of-gum-and-ibm-every-time-you?__prclt=rqwsSYcV

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