Which retail technology innovation was originally developed as a pattern recognition system for railroad cars before becoming a ubiquitous part of product packaging?

Test your knowledge about groundbreaking retail innovations that transformed how we shop! This trivia focuses on revolutionary product developments that changed retail history. These discoveries didn't just create new products—they established entirely new categories and shopping behaviors that we now take for granted. Can you identify the correct origin story behind one of retail's most transformative technologies?

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RFID tags (Radio Frequency Identification)
UPC barcodes (Universal Product Code)
NFC (Near Field Communication) payment systems
Electronic article surveillance tags