Bar code's co-inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies at age 91

 
By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press | Modified: December 13, 2012 at 9:49 pm | Published: December 14, 2012   

— Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide, has died. He was 91.

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Woodland died Sunday in Edgewater, N.J., from the effects of Alzheimer's disease and complications of his advanced age, his daughter, Susan Woodland of New York, said Thursday.

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