Research site outline

Blog/Site Outline:

  • Interactive Timeline
    • blog posts and/or infographics chronologically ordering significant events related to the barcode
      • conception, invention, first use, innovations to the code and scanners, economic/commercial impact, global expansion, emergence of new codes, QR and individual creation/usage
  • Tutorial videos on how to create and use QR codes

Information on Sources

Rachel:

  • Brown, Stephen A. Revolution at the Checkout Counter. Cambridge, Mass. and London, England: Harvard University Press, 1997. Print. (a summary of the origins of UPC)
  • Liozu, Stephan M. The Pricing Journey: The Organizational Transformation Toward Pricing Excellence. Stanford, California: Stanford Business Books, 2015. Print. (an overview of how products are priced)
various barcodes from competition to see which was most practical

Shaw, Robin Neilson. Universal Product Code Scanning Systems: The Retail Experience 1974-1976. 1977. Cornell University, Ph.D., 1977. ProQuest, search.proquest.com/docview/302852623/fulltextPDF/86848B592C8B4A21PQ/1?accountid=12299 https://search.proquest.com/docview/302852623/fulltextPDF/86848B592C8B4A21PQ/1?accountid=12299(how barcodes were used in their early days in grocery stores, the selection of the official UPC image, problems solved by the introduction of the UPC)

Dillyn:

how barcodes represent numbers
Scanner, barcode, computer process of interpreting the information
barcode laser scanner
phone scanning barcode with camera
Original barcode design of bulls eye target
patent of original device that would read the barcode and interpret it
QR code in use
Various forms of barcodes, 2D codes
Distortion of barcode, still able to be read the same way be devices
phone scanning QR code
QR code to provide more information

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