QR code subway barriers help keep Japanese platforms safe

Tokyo qr code subway

The quick response codes were added to improve the operation of the barriers at train stations. New QR code subway features are being installed as a part of subway platform safety barriers in a number of Japanese train stations. This addition of quick response barcodes is meant to help to improve the function of the barriers. By adding the QR codes, the hope is to speed up the barrier installation and reduce the cost associated with them. There are a range of different advantages to this new QR code subway…

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QR codes featured on McDonald’s packaging at the Olympics

qr codes McDonalds Olympics

*Image credit to Jeff Rooks The fast food giant has placed these mobile barcodes on packages sold at the Olympics Park location. Throughout the London 2012 Olympic Games, McDonald’s is printing QR codes on all of the food packaging that it sells at the Olympics Park location in order to provide consumers with easier access to nutritional information. This allows customers to obtain the sourcing and nutritional information with their smartphones. McDonald’s doesn’t intend to limit its use of QR codes to this single event, but is simply using it…

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