QR Code Press

QR codes enhance Broomfield Veterans Memorial exhibits

11/05/201411/01/2014 John Montgallo

The displays now feature quick response codes that will allow visitors to use smartphones to learn more. The Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum has now added QR codes to its various displays and exhibits that include everything from the Civil War to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These quick response codes are designed to give visitors the chance to learn even more while they’re there. By scanning the QR codes with a smartphone or tablet, visitors to the museum are directed to YouTube videos that are relevant to each display…

QR codes help consumers to rescue sea life

10/23/201410/21/2014 Julie Campbell

A new strategy is using quick response codes to help shoppers to make informed choices. A new use for QR codes has been created by the Advanced Research Corp. (ARC) for the Fish Trax Marketplace that will give consumers the opportunity to learn more about sustainable practices so that they can inform themselves and make the choices that they feel are right. By using quick response codes, it makes the effort affordable, while being easy for consumers to use. According to the president of ARC, John Lavrakas, these QR codes…

QR codes added to park trees to identify species

10/21/201410/19/2014 Julie Campbell

The quick response codes that are posted on the signs help with the identification of 24 different local species. Matthews Park now has a much more high-tech feature than it ever has before, as signage has now been added to some of the trees that include QR codes that can be scanned in order to learn more about 24 local species that are represented within the space. The hope is that by allowing people to scan the quick response codes, they will become more interested. According to Ron Muller who…

QR codes and UPC barcodes help consumers recycle

10/13/201410/11/2014 Jennifer Goula

A new quick response code based program informs people about local systems for ensuring products don’t end in landfills. A program called Recycle now has implemented a new system that uses different types of barcodes, such as UPC and QR codes, in order to give people the opportunity to scan them and discover more information with regards to the proper disposal of a certain product or package, within their local area. Scanning the quick response code brings about the product’s name, picture, and description. To use the QR codes, the…

QR codes give Chinese historical buildings a high tech flair

07/10/201407/10/2014 L. Green

Bejing China QR Code usage mobile commerce

Visitors to the “Villa Community” located in Beijing’s Zuhui District near Hunan Road can scan the quick response codes. In Beijing, the area around Hunan Road in the Xuhui District called the “Villa Community” has now added a new feature using QR codes that is meant to provide visitors and locals, alike, with information about the historic buildings. To start, the quick response codes have been added to twenty historic buildings within the area. The QR codes can be scanned through the use of smartphones and they allow people to…