Photo: Bar Code: Its Origins, Why It's on Google & What's Next

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A laser scans a bar code in 2006. The now inescapable bar code celebrated its 57th anniversary on October 7, 2009—a milestone unmissed by Google, which replaced its home page logo with a bar code "doodle."

Bar code photograph by Mike Kemp/Getty Images

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