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QR codes makes card playing a whole new experience

02/23/2012 L. Green

The International Toy Fair held in New York was the venue for the launch of a new interesting variation on the way that QR codes can be used on playing cards. Though the barcodes on playing cards aren’t anything new, the company that manufactures the well known Bicycle brand playing cards, the United States Playing Card Co., has come up with a whole new game style to be used with the “Jacked Up” decks. This involves decks in which some of the cards have QR codes printed on them, for…

Internet Matrix prepares iMonument project to honor technology innovators

12/21/201112/21/2011 John Montgallo

Internet Matrix, Inc., an Internet marketing company based in San Diego, California, has announced that it will be honoring innovators in the technology industry by building an interactive monument. The project, called iMonument, will be located at the company’s office in Sorrento Valley. The thirteen electrical boxes that surround the office will be the foundation of the monument and each box will feature a QR code as well as a likeness of the people that have made a profound impact on the industry. Each box is being painted by one…

Catch the biggest QR code in the world made from soccer balls

11/15/2011 Sam Lambert

One of the largest QR codes in the world has been created out of nothing more than soccer balls. It took the work of 8 people dressed in black and white to lay out the code on the soccer field as a part of a promotion of the game between Ireland and Estonia. In order to test the code, skydivers were asked to use their smartphones to scan the 2 dimensional codes while they were in a freefall. The skydivers jumped over Aviva stadium and fell at a speed of…

Dairy Queen adds Blizzard cups featuring QR codes to mobile marketing campaign

07/20/201107/20/2011 Stephanie Beck

Dairy Queen’s 2011 Miracle Treat Day campaign will be featuring Blizzard cups with QR codes that can be scanned using smartphones in order to instantly donate money to the Children’s Miracle Network charity. Mobio Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Mobio Identiy Systems, Inc.) have announced the creation of 7.9 million Blizzard cups that are enabled with a Mobio-enabled QR code. These cups have already been distributed to every Dairy Queen location in Canada, in preparation for the charity campaign that started on July 18, 2011. Beginning at the start of…

Canadian law enforcement turn to QR codes for help in catching sex offender

06/23/201106/23/2011 Jennifer Goula

Canadian Police Use mobile police technology

Canadian police have turned to technology to help them track down a known serial sex attacker in Vancouver. In the last few months, a number of women have been attacked after leaving the popular downtown nightclub district. Law enforcement has been able to obtain DNA evidence but has yet to establish any solid leads regarding the capture of the criminal. And so, the police have turned to the public for help. The police have begun putting up wanted signs all over the city. While not a strange tactic, the signs…