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The Man Who Invented QR Codes

Unsung Science by CBS News

Jul 7, 202337:12Science & Medicine

In 1994, Masahiro Hara got tired of having to scan six or seven barcodes on every box of Toyota car-parts that zoomed past him on the assembly line. He wondered why the standard barcode from the 70s was still used...Why...

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