Video Library

• Biographies:

• George Laurer Specified the IBM proposal for U.P.C. Barcode Symbol, the basis of the final symbol.  Hear him talk about it.

• Early U.P.C. Scanning Companies:

We are collecting oral video histories from people who participated in creating, establishing, or managing the creation of the U.P.C. Barcode and the initial equipment that used it at checkout.

• Industry Participants
• Datachecker Division of National Semiconductor
• Ken Joyce, Optical and Mechanical Designer for Datachecker Scanners.
• Fred Bialek, the founding General Manager of Datachecker.
• IBM
• Lee Dickson, Principal Design Engineer for IBM Scanners.
• George Laurer, Engineer and creator of the Symbol that became the U.P.C. symbol.
• RCA