{"id":3366,"date":"2011-06-16T12:55:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:46:21","slug":"man-who-popularized-upc-barcode-passes-away-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/man-who-popularized-upc-barcode-passes-away-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Popularized UPC Barcode Passes Away at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Haberman did not invent the universal product code (AKA UPC) barcode<\/a>, but he is largely responsible for its selection over competing product marking standards decades ago.<\/p>\n

His death, in Newton, Mass., was of complications of heart and lung disease, his family said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Haberman led the industry committee that chose the bar code over other contenders \u00e2\u20ac\u201d circles, bull\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s-eyes and seemingly random agglomerations of dots \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in 1973.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, he spent years cajoling manufacturers, retailers and the public to accept the strange new symbol.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Alan Haberman, Who Ushered In the Bar Code, Dies at 81<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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