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QR codes launched for Mack maintenance program

03/13/201303/13/2013 Jesse Collins

These barcodes will be printed onto the vehicles and linked to the vehicle’s unique VIV. Mack Trucks has announced that it will now be printing QR codes onto their vehicles which are uniquely tied to the VIV of the specific truck, through the use of the MVASIST platform. The barcodes will be used to help to provide a faster response time and to improve the customer uptime. The QR codes will be installed onto the vehicle doorframes as of April. This will occur during the truck’s actual manufacturing process at…

QR codes embroidering machine created in the Netherlands

02/27/201302/27/2013 Julie Campbell

An embroidery device has made it possible to produce the QR codes in the form of cloth. As QR codes become increasingly popular, companies around the world are coming up with new and unique ways to work them into locations in which they will be scanned by the smartphone carrying public. This now includes an invention that can produce these barcodes to be included in many possible places. LogoBorduurstudio, a company based in Barneveld, The Netherlands, has made it possible to use an embroidery machine that is controlled by a…

Invisible QR codes developed by prof at University of South Dakota

02/21/201302/20/2013 L. Green

The barcodes have been created in order to be viewed only when shown under infrared light. University of South Dakota professor Stanley May, along with Jon Kellar, both from the School of Mines and Technology, have created QR codes that become visible only when they are displayed under an infrared light. The researchers from the university have created the barcode in order to help prevent counterfeiting. They are hoping that by adding these invisible QR codes to official documents, it might help to provide easier recognition of forgeries and counterfeits…

QR codes make for high tech gardening

02/18/201302/16/2013 Jennifer Goula

Specialty classes are popping up all over the country to help teach this unique practice. QR codes have been appearing in a growing number of living displays, which have ranged from corn mazes that have broken world records, to award winning botanical displays, and now a growing number of gardeners are hoping to learn how to work the use of mobile devices such as smartphones into the design or sale of their achievements. Greenhouses, botanical gardens, and even acres of crops are now using the barcodes. A growing number of…

QR codes in sushi honor 10,000 MSC certified meals

02/14/201302/13/2013 Jennifer Goula

The partnership that Moshi Moshi has held with the Marine Stewardship Council received a unique applause. Moshi Moshi has just announced the new and unique way that it has chosen to celebrate the 10,000th dish that it has served with the certification of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), by creating a sushi design that includes QR codes. This restaurant is the first one in the United Kingdom to use the conveyor belt bar design. It has also had a long standing relationship with the MSC, which is a watch group…