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QR codes in Germany make it easier to pay parking fines

07/22/201507/21/2015 Julie Campbell

The quick response codes help drivers to be able to pay their tickets quickly and easily. In Lübeck, a new system of parking ticketing through the use of QR codes is making it possible for drivers to be able to simply scan a barcode with their smartphones and pay for their tickets directly out of their bank accounts. At the moment, the system is working for only certain bank customers, but the intention is to expand. The Lübeck police are now armed with ticketing devices that print unique QR codes…

QR codes and ingenuity bring recognition to Minnesota Boy Scout Troop

07/07/201507/04/2015 Julie Campbell

Troop 302 from Fergus Falls used quick response codes to earn themselves the highest possible rank. Michael Mortenson and Logan Stout of the Fergus Falls Boy Scout Troop in Minnesota, chartered by Grace United Methodist Church, were awarded the high recognition of being ranked as Eagle Scouts after using QR codes in a community project. This award requires the individual to earn 12 required and 9 elective merit badges and to complete a service project. Both of the new Eagle Scouts have been active participants in the troop by taking…

Bidar tourists to use QR codes to discover local history

04/15/201504/13/2015 Jorge Gonzalez

The hilltop Indian city will be launching a considerable quick response code installation to promote tourism. The district administration of Bidar, India, has decided to use QR codes in addition to a range of other technology based tools in order to help to promote tourism within the area, said the district’s deputy commissioner, P.C. Jaffer. Jaffer spoke on the subject of the quick response codes after their inauguration ceremony in front of the Bidar Fort. The QR codes have been linked to relevant Wikipedia pages so that when smartphone using…

QR codes help people remember victims of the Nanjing Massacre

04/07/201504/05/2015 Julie Campbell

Visitors to an artificial memorial can now scan quick response codes to commemorate those who were lost. The fake memorial gravestones that represent the victims of southwest China’s Nanjing Massacre and of the bombing of Chongqing on March 31 now prominently feature QR codes to allow visitors to scan and remember those who died in the catastrophes. The quick response codes were added by the Chongqing Foreign Street staff as a part of the memorial. The point of the fake gravestones that now display QR codes is to give people…

Are QR codes past their prime?

11/19/201411/17/2014 Julie Campbell

A recent study on quick response codes has revealed that most people still see them as useful. Online mobile technology magazine, QR Code Press has released the results of a study that it had conducted throughout the first half of November, examining the usefulness of QR codes and investigating whether or not this type of 2D barcode has already had its moment in the sun and is now on its way out. The results of the research showed that consumers have many opinions about quick response codes, but overall they…