These 15 barcodes are unlike any you've ever seen.
Conceived in the 1940s by engineers Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver, the barcode would only be patented 12 years after its invention. But it was in the 1970s - with the advent of microprocessors and laser scanning - that the idea of the duo would become a standard in the US industry.
What seemed difficult to put into practice ultimately impacted directly on the lives of consumers around the world and can now be seen in different ways. From bird cage to an accordion playing musician, one is more unusual than the other:
1. Accordion
2. Roots of a tree
3. Razor blade
4. Tractor in the field
5. Waiter and a Stack of Dishes
6. Spaghetti
7. Vintage Glasses
8. A day of fishing
9. Bird Cage
10. New York Landscape
11. Tea Infusion
12. Shower on
13. Aluminum can
14. Breakfast Table
15. Drop of water
* Posted on 9/7/2017