During the day, Rayleigh scattering, a phenomenon, gives the sky its blue appearance. Sunlight strikes air molecules like oxygen and nitrogen when it enters the atmosphere of the planet. Blue light, which has shorter wavelengths than other colors, is scattered more than other colors by these gas molecules in all directions. This causes the blue light to be more widely dispersed and visible from all angles, giving the appearance that the sky is blue. As the sun is lower in the sky at sunrise and sunset, more of the Earth's atmosphere must be traversed by the light, which scatters even more of the shorter blue wavelengths and causes the sky to seem more red, orange, or yellow.
A n I.B.M engineer, George Lauerer designed Universal Product Code as it visible on products we buy. Mr. Lauerer was asked to develop universal Product Code base on bull-eyed shaped code combination invented by N. Joseph Woodland in 1940. The purpose was that Universal Product Code would be printed on food labels and can be easily compatible with scanners, which was developed later on. Mr. George Lauerer, saw problem with the round shaped code, so he came up with the vertical shaped one that we see on food labels today! Universal Product Code (UPC) become available for scanners at the check out counters in after 1973. So, next time if you someone test your I.Q and asked who came up with universal Product Code, make sure you say, " Its George Lauerer !!!" Source: "Who Made That Universal Product Code?"< http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/magazine/who-made-that-universal-product-code.html?_r=0>
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