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b"At a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, a packet of Wrigley\\u2019s Juicy Fruit gum became the first ever product to have its barcode scanned - at 8:01 a.m. on June 26th, 1974.\\nInspired by the morse code training of his Boy Scout days, Norman Joseph Woodland first sketched out a barcode on a Florida beach in 1948, drawing dots and dashes in the sand. Together with fellow Drexel Institute graduate student Bernard Silver, he received a U.S. Patent in 1952 - but it would be another 20 years before IBM produced the technology that could be rolled out to grocery stores.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how the invention accelerated the growth of the largest retailers; consider Woodland\\u2019s original \\u2018bullseye\\u2019 barcode design; and reveal why conspiracy theorists think barcodes are the DEVIL\\u2019s work\\u2026\\n\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing\\u2019 (BBC News, 2017): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498700\\n\\u2022 \\u2018N Joseph Woodland obituary\\u2019 (The Guardian, 2012): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/dec/16/n-joseph-woodland\\n\\u2022 \\u2018How Do Barcodes Work?\\u2019 (sciBRIGHT, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfeVckbQxdQ\\n#Science #Business #70s #US\\nLove the show? Join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\xa0\\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\xa0Thanks!\\n\\xa0\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"