The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going ...

George Laurer had no idea his design would reach well beyond retail outlets when he created the black line and number sets known as the modern bar code while working for IBM as an engineer. Forty ...

In the sprawling ecosystem of modern commerce, a seemingly innocuous string of numbers hides the invisible choreography that turns an artist’s creative vision into a tangible product that reaches ...