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Shopping in 2D: QR Barcodes

02/02/201304/13/2014 Guest Post

A QR (Quick Response) barcode is a type of two-dimensional barcode consisting of black square dots arranged on a white square grid. Much like the one-dimensional, or UPC barcode, a QR barcode is also a machine-readable label that stores information about the item to which it is attached. Unlike the standard UPC barcode, however, the QR code allows for bigger data storage and higher-speed readability. It was first designed in 1994 in Japan for the purposes of tracking vehicles during manufacture. In today’s mobile age, QR barcode scanners are made…

QR codes used by Boy Scouts for trail signage

12/05/201212/03/2012 Julie Campbell

The quick response barcodes have been used on a trail network in a nature park. An Eagle Scout candidate named Chris Baker has implemented a series of QR codes throughout a network of nature trails in order to allow hikers and park users to learn more about the ecology of the Circle B Bar Reserve. The project brought together mobile technology from smartphones and environmental education. The trail now features the QR codes on its signage in a number of strategic locations, in the hope to help improve the experience…

QR codes record broken in Taiwan

12/04/201212/03/2012 Sam Lambert

Over 1000 people in the country came together to create a massive human barcode. On Sunday, more than 1000 people in Taiwan worked together on a promotion for the island, which created QR codes made out of people, in the hopes that they would be able to draw the attention of the world. The effort was designed to profit from the increase in smartphone use around the world. This is because the growing global penetration of smartphones has meant that a larger number of people have the capability of actually…

SpyderLynk obtains SnapTag technology patent approval in the United States

04/12/201204/12/2012 Sam Lambert

Quick and easy barcode technology Leading marketing technology company, SpyderLynk, the creator of the SnapTag, has officially received its U.S. patent approval for its SnapTag two dimensional barcode technology, with Patent No. 8,094,870, which was called “Encoding and Decoding Data in an Image”. SpyderLynk’s U.S. patent was issued on January 10, 2012. According to the founder and CEO of the company, Nicole Skogg, “We’re delighted to reach this next step in our business evolution.” She added that “By securing the U.S. patent for SnapTag, our solution is now officially recognized…

Denso announces the release of a new free QR code guide

02/03/201202/03/2012 Jesse Collins

DENSO Wave Incorporated’s sales branch in the United States, DENSO ADC, which first created the QR Code®, has announced the release of a new guide called “QR Code Essentials,” which it has made available for free. Senior manager John Doran, of the DENSO Sales California Inc. Commercial and Industrial Systems, said that from the time that these codes were first introduced in 1994, it has come to play an important part in virtually every industry in which barcodes are used. He went on to explain that as they have become…