Betfair takes another stab at QR codes by shaving them into the heads of footballers

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Betfair, the world’s largest online betting community, is gearing up for the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup). The event will be held in the UK, as is customary, and will pit a number of football teams against one another for one of football’s most coveted awards. Betfair is sponsoring the Bromley Football Club this year and has decided to use QR codes to help generate hype around the team. Betfair used the codes earlier this year to promote two of Britain’s beach volleyball champions. This time around, the codes…

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Super Creative QR Code Renegade Art Installation

Origami Cranes Used to Help Raise Money

It is becoming more apparent that QR codes are not exclusive to the business world. Several hundred origami cranes and paper cubes were found to adorn the trees in the courtyard of the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. In what is being called a “guerilla art installation,” each of these paper displays features a QR code. When scanned, the codes would resolve to the American Red Cross website, encouraging viewers to make donations to aid the victims of the recent tsunami disaster in Japan. The display was taken down…

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