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Google looking to QR codes to make vehicles autonomous

12/19/201112/19/2011 Jennifer Goula

Google’s autonomous vehicles, which are used to map the world, may soon be getting a small upgrade. According to a recent patent application from the technology company, the vehicles will soon be able to respond to QR codes. The new patent will not apply only to autonomous vehicles, however, as new “mixed-mode” vehicles will also be able to use the codes. For these vehicles, the codes will be able to change the driving modes between human and autonomous. The patent details how the codes can be used to send a…

Google uses QR codes for new web-based reading platform

10/26/2011 Stephen Vagus

Google has added QR codes to one of their new mobile reading platforms. The company’s WebGL Bookcase is a new web-based program for the Chrome Internet explorer. The program can be populated with a vast array of electronic books, more commonly referred to as ebooks. Each book in Google’s library is attributed with its own QR code. Google has recently begun adopting QR codes for some of their web-based initiatives after denouncing the codes earlier in the year. Google’s books have their own, unique QR code. When scanned with a…

Leaving a breadcrumb trail behind with QR codes

04/04/201104/04/2011 Jesse Collins

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…

Is Google no longer gaga for QR codes?

04/01/201104/20/2011 Stephen Vagus

Google has announced that they will no longer be using QR codes in their popular Google Places platform. Google places helps people connect to locations by allowing them to rate them online. Businesses use Places to gather reviews from consumers, boosting their online presence. When Google first began using the codes with Places, they mailed thousands of stickers affixed with the codes to businesses that could be used in store windows. The company’s use of QR codes was meant to be experimental. They wanted to see how viable the codes…