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
- blog posts and/or infographics chronologically ordering significant events related to the barcode
- 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)
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:
- https://www.explainthatstuff.com/barcodescanners.html (how barcodes represent numbers 0-9, how barcode scanners work, types of barcode scanners, timeline for major events concerning invention of barcode, the original barcode scanner)
- https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-data-matrix-codes-work.html (what are 2D barcodes, what are they used for, and what are their advantages? what are the different kinds of 2D barcodes? (QR, maxi, Aztec, PDF, sema) what information does a QR code contain? how can you make your own?
- https://eh.net/encyclopedia/a-history-of-the-bar-code/ (Universal Product Code and its economic impact; “A 1999 analysis by Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates the U.P.C. represents $17 billion in savings to the grocery industry annually.”)
- https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/upc1.htm (how UPC works, how they interact with stores’ point of sale (POS) computer, manufacturer IDs, item numbers, zero-suppressed numbers, number system character, and how UPC is so important that manufacturers employ UPC coordinators)