On today ’s date in 1973 , a small supermarket in Troy Ohio became the testing grounds for the world ’s first commercial bar code scanner . At 8:01 am , Sharon Buchanan scanned a 10 - pack of Wrigley ’s Juicy Fruit mucilage and changed retail forever .
In fact , the receipt from that transaction is now enshrined in the Smithsonian . So happy 35th birthdaybar code scanning — we will have you to thank when the government herd us up and begins tracking our every move . [ Thanks Chris ! ]
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