QR codes are coming to the Ohio University’s student run newspaper, The Post. These codes are not the kind that people are becoming familiar with, however. The codes that will show up in The Post this week are Flare Codes. These custom QR codes come from a student-owned company by the same name. Flare Code seeks to conglomerate digital content into a single social network based entirely on QR codes. Flare Codes are very similar to conventional QR codes but include a simple design in the center. The design, which…
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Leaving a breadcrumb trail behind with QR codes
On the heels of news that Google will no longer be supporting QR codes, many have written off the small, black and white boxes as a thing of the past. While there is no doubting Google’s influence in the various industries it operates, those free of corporate ties are putting the codes to good use, seemingly unaware that any big name companies have shrugged off the technology. Such is the case with Rio Akasaka, a Master’s student at Stanford. Akasaka has launched a new website that makes use of QR…
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