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QR codes in microscopic sizes will help stop counterfeiting

04/11/201404/10/2014 Julie Campbell

A lab in Toulouse, France, have discovered a way to make a quick response code half a hair’s diameter. A company called Nanotech, out of Toulouse, France, has now revealed that they have developed QR codes that are invisible to the naked eye, but that can still be scanned and used for a number of purposes, primarily in the form of security. These micro tags use nano particles and are so small that 10,000 can be printed in one square centimeter. The Nanotech team was led by Laurence Ressier, have…

QR codes to be further rolled out by Pernod Ricard

02/05/201402/19/2014 Julie Campbell

The success of the launch in China has led the company to expand the quick response codes program. Pernod Ricard has announced that it intends to broaden its existing program of QR codes used to fight the problem of counterfeit products, sending it into the African and South American Markets. The company has previously enjoyed considerable successes following the program launch in China. The French company’s spirits have been labeled in China in the first wave of the program that used QR codes on approximately 25 million bottles, so far.…

QR codes are being issued by rabbis in Tel Aviv to inform consumers

05/07/201305/06/2013 Sam Lambert

These barcodes are designed to help restaurant patrons to check a location’s kosher status. In Israel, Tel Aviv’s Chief Rabbinate has gone high tech by choosing to use QR codes to help restaurants to be able to show their kosher status, which can then be verified by consumers through the use of their smartphones. These barcodes will be printed on the kashrut certificates that the restaurants can display. This allows a consumer who is considering eating at a restaurant to be able to scan the QR codes that have been…