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Barcode co-inventor Norman Joseph Woodland dies aged 91 
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Norman Joseph Woodland, who co-created the barcode, has died at his New Jersey home at the age of 91.

Woodland worked with university classmate Bernard Silver to create the now ubiquitous thick-and-thin-line system in the 1940s.

The system was patented in the US in 1952, a patent that was later sold for just $15,000 (£9,300).

The modern-day barcode is estimated to be scanned more than five billion times every day.

But in 1952 £9,300 would buy lots of homes in the UK.

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But in 1952 £9,300 would buy lots of homes in the UK.

The way things are going, it soon will again!

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Amnesia10 wrote:
But in 1952 £9,300 would buy lots of homes in the UK.

The way things are going, it soon will again!

My only concern is that wages will be even lower and so even a house for £400 will be unaffordable.

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