What is my barcode?

Barcodes are everywhere, on the packaging of every product sold commercially in stores, on parcels for delivery, and even used for identification on membership cards. They are even used to make payments these days. What exactly is a barcode? A barcode is an image which consists of bars and spaces. This is a very popular method to store data (numerals and characters) in a machine-readable way representation.  History of Barcodes The barcode was created by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver and patented in the US in 1951. The creation depended on Morse code that was extended to thin and thick bars.  Barcodes turned out to be monetarily successful when they were utilized to automate supermarket checkout systems, an errand for which they have gotten become almost universal. The Uniform Grocery Product Code Council had picked, in 1973, the barcode configuration created by George Laurer. Laurer's barcode, with vertical bars, printed better than the circular barcode creat...

Ever wanted to create a barcode from your NRIC number? Ever wanted to build a Python program in 2 steps? By the end of this tutorial, you will have made a 2-step NRIC Barcode Generator! PS: With basic Python skills, the tutorial is fail-proof! Rationale As a human being on earth, everyone is issued a unique identification number at birth. Singapore is no exception, and we Singaporeans are labelled with a National Registration Identity Card (NRIC number) number.  Non-Singaporeans are also issued a version of NRIC number, called Foreign Identification Number (FIN). The NRIC number is king in Singapore, where it is used to apply for schools, driving tests, army enlistment, HDB residence. From young, the need to memorise these 9 characters has been instilled in us. But sometimes we may forget, or recall our NRIC number incorrectly.  This is how  whatismybarcode.blogspot.com is born! With the advent of technology, there must be a simpler and more accurate way to recall o...