QR Code Press

QR codes to be used on war graves in Oxford

11/09/201211/09/2012 Julie Campbell

The Botley Cemetery will be using mobile technology to help memorialize the deceased. A war cemetery in Oxford, England, will now be using QR codes on the graves to help to provide people with information about the deceased individuals who are buried there. The quick response barcodes can be scanned using smartphones and tablets. The QR codes will be installed on a panel at the Botley Cemetery war graves site so that visitors will be able to scan them and discover more about the veterans and others who have gone…

QR codes created by skilled Austrian stonemasons for digital memorials

10/05/2012 Julie Campbell

Instead of using the standard sticker format, Aspetos is hiring skilled artisans for the job. Though it may sound as though Aspetos, a bereavement company from Austria, is following the latest trend by allowing QR codes to be added to the gravestones it sells, it has actually added a unique addition to its service that makes it stand out from the rest. Stonemasons will be sandblasting the quick response barcodes onto the surface of the gravestones. Though many companies are already offering QR codes as features on their tombstones and…

QR codes appearing on headstones produced by a Philadelphia business

10/02/201210/02/2012 Jennifer Goula

These barcodes are joining the memorial trend that allow visitors to discover more about the deceased. Though most users of smartphones first learned about QR codes in the context of marketing, promotional materials, and product packaging so that they could learn about products and discounts, a company in Philadelphia is now taking this technology to the memorial industry. This trend has been popping up all over the United States and in some parts of Europe. The company is called Digital Legacy, and it produces stickers that display QR codes on…

Use of QR code tombstone technology is expanding

04/19/2012 John Montgallo

QR codes are speaking for the dead. Monument companies across the United States are starting to add the option for QR code tombstone technology to their offerings, changing the products available in that industry in a meaningful and significant way for the first time in many years. For example, the Allen Monument Company in Crawfordsville, Indiana is now offering a patented form of QR code headstone called “Making Everlasting Memories”, which allows a family to use mobile technology to share the stories of their loved ones in a way that…

eBay announces the first British QR code shopping environment and its new Christmas boutique

11/26/201111/26/2011 L. Green

eBay has just announced the latest of its mobile-related services, taking advantage of the rapidly increasing popularity of QR codes, which are now becoming highly familiar with their appearance on everything from clothing, food products, electronics, beauty products, and even tombstones. The largest online marketplace in the world will now also be using these codes to help with the Christmas shopping experience throughout the holiday season, in order to help consumers to purchase the gifts and other items they want to give or to keep for themselves. They will be…