If you’ve been browsing Google today you’ve probably noticed that the Google Logo has been turned into a UPC. The logo change has been created to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the first Barcode patent.
It was on October 7th 1952 that Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed their first patent for their technology which would later be first used on a pack of Juicy Fruit gum in 1974, nearly 20 years after the first patent was established.
So does the barcode on Google’s site actually translate into anything? Actually it does, it spells “Google” using Code 128.
I wonder if Bill Gates will try to scan the UPC and then continue to Google Checkout.
Posted on 07 October 2009 by | Author: James Johnson | Posted In: Internet