Faster! Humanity's Quest to Save Time — Season 1, Episode 7: Episode 7 - The Bar Code
Documentary • 42 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
The barcode shortened check-out times, advanced the global supply chain, accelerated next-day delivery, and made same-day delivery possible. They’re scanned some 6 billion times a day around the world and counting.
About Faster! Humanity's Quest to Save Time
Explores the scientific, social, economic and environmental consequences of supposedly time-saving inventions, ideas and objects. Throughout a lifetime, the minutes that are actually lost or saved can add up to days, weeks, months or even years.