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- From: puerile@wam.umd.edu (Mohan R. Ramanathan)
- Subject: Inventor Dudes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.150830.21980@wam.umd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:08:30 GMT
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- My brother and I have a running dispute over the inventor of the
- bar-code scanner system used for inventory control in supermarkets, etc.
- He ( a Drexel Alum ) claims it was solely invented by a Drexel Prof
- at Drexel University ( in Philadelphia, PA ). I , however, recall
- reading an article about one of the co-inventors either attending the
- University of Maryland as a student or as a prof (I am a Maryland alumus).
- Can someone settle this dispute for us?
- Thanks
-