tsunami disaster in Japan Archives

Japanese tsunami monuments get affixed with a QR code to help those remember the disaster of this year

12/26/2011 Stephen Vagus

Nine months after a disastrous earthquake struck off the Northern coast of Japan, the government has completed the first of 500 monuments that are meant to commemorate the lives lost in the tsunami that was generated by the powerful quake. The first “Tsunami Memory Stone” is located above a beach in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The monument is inscribed with a traditional Japanese proverb concerning tsunamis. The monument also plays host to a QR code, which will let people remember that fateful day. The QR code can be found at the…

Scan to help!

04/19/2011 Jorge Gonzalez

Recovery efforts in Japan continue in the wake of last month’s devastating tsunami. A worldwide support system has emerged, funneling money and volunteers to the battered country, assisting Japan in rebuilding after the tsunami and mitigate the ongoing nuclear crisis. Despite an unprecedented level of support from the worldwide community, the Japanese Red Cross is still in dire need of financial support. Japan Neko, the nation’s largest native language search engine and online community, has partnered with the Red Cross to bolster the Japan Tsunami Relief Fund. Neko has commissioned…

Super Creative QR Code Renegade Art Installation

03/23/201103/23/2011 L. Green

It is becoming more apparent that QR codes are not exclusive to the business world. Several hundred origami cranes and paper cubes were found to adorn the trees in the courtyard of the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. In what is being called a “guerilla art installation,” each of these paper displays features a QR code. When scanned, the codes would resolve to the American Red Cross website, encouraging viewers to make donations to aid the victims of the recent tsunami disaster in Japan. The display was taken down…