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(CNN/WFLA) — The man who invented the universal product code that appears on nearly every product sold worldwide has died at the age of 94. George J. Laurer passed away Thursday night in his North ...

WENDELL, N.C. -- George J. Laurer, the man who invented the Universal Product Code (UPC) and called Wendell his home died Thursday. He was 94. The groundbreaking electrical engineer worked at IBM for ...

George J. Laurer, who invented the barcode, died Thursday at his Wendell home at the age of 94. According to his obituary, Laurer invented the Universal Product Code (UPC) that appears on virtually ...

THAT THE ORDINANCE INFRINGES ON HER CLIENTS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND TAKING IT DOWN WOULD HURT HIM FINANCIALLY. BRIANA: THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE BARCODE ON NEARLY EVERY PRODUCT SOLD WORLDWIDE HAS DIED ...

Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide, has died. He was 91.

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(The Conversation) — Few objects in the world are more immediately recognizable than the barcode. After all, barcodes are all around us — more than 6 billion are scanned every single day. They’re on ...

WENDELL, N.C. -- George J. Laurer, the man who invented the Universal Product Code (UPC) and called Wendell his home died Thursday. He was 94. The groundbreaking electrical engineer worked at IBM for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (CNN/WFLA) — The man who invented the universal product code that appears on nearly every product sold worldwide has died at the age of 94. George J. Laurer passed away Thursday night in ...

The co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores has died. Norman Joseph Woodland was 91.Woodland's death was confirmed Thursday by his daughter, Susan Woodland of New York ...