Evolution of barcodes and asset tracking
                     Evolution of barcodes and 
asset tracking
Definition
 To begin that history of the barcodes, we need to go right 
back in history to 1836 when Samuel Morse developed the 
Morse Code. 
 The Morse Code is a re-portrayal of the letter set in runs 
and specks.
Importance of asset tracking
 Resource following gives significant, elevated level 
knowledge into the presentation of your business' physical 
spaces, including the workplace, distribution center, and 
capacity. 
 This is significant in light of the fact that it empowers you 
to recognize significant connections in the manner these 
parts use resources so they can streamline business 
activities.
Origin
 The first standardized identification, with a plan like a 
bull's-eye, was developed in 1948 by two Drexel University 
understudies named Norman J Woodland and Bernard 
Silver. 
 They were keen on handling the issues of the store 
business, which painfully required a superior technique for 
stock administration and client registration.
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Liner Barcode
 The main reasonable execution of a straight standardized 
identification came during the 1960s. The Association of 
American Railroads supported the task and Sylvania 
(Needham, Massachusetts) constructed the KarTrak ACI 
(Automatic Car Identification) framework. 
 David J. Collins, a MIT graduate, structured the framework. 
He had gotten mindful of the requirement for following rail 
vehicles while working for the Pennsylvania Railroad as an 
undergrad.
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The Glorious 1980s
 To the joy of clerks all over the place, numerous general 
stores in the US during the 1980s embraced standardized 
tag filtering innovation. 
 The Universal Product Code (UPC) image was the scanner 
tag of decision, and today can be found on about each 
made retail thing.
Challenging 2000
 In the year 2000, U.S. distributions like Wired, Parade 
magazine and Forbes started printing exclusive 
standardized identifications by articles and ads. The plan 
of the standardized tags was to expect perusers to filter 
them so as to "find out additional". 
 This all occurred before the coming of the cutting edge cell 
phone. The scanner tags must be perused with a gadget 
called "Cue Cat".
QR Tracking
 At first, organizations started setting straightforward, one-
dimensional standardized identification names on their 
advantages in the field and recovered the data utilizing 
hand-held standardized tag scanners. 
 The most recent development in hardware following 
innovation, and one of the advances we use at Tenna, are 
QR (speedy reaction) labels. Imagined in 1994 by a Toyota 
auxiliary, QR labels have been around for over two 
decades. Be that as it may, the innovation didn't begin 
increasing wide acknowledgment until around five years 
prior.
Going beyond Barcoding
 Some of the recent asset tracking technologies are:
 RFID
 Bluetooth
 BLE Trackers
 GPS
 LoRa Trackers
Current Scenario
 After 2005, Airlines started printing barcodes on boarding 
passes to speed up the process.
 After 2008, mobile phones gained the technology to be 
able to display barcodes.
 From 2016, use of digimarc barcode was started, which 
gained severe popularity.