Tuesday, May 8. 2007QR Code
As requested by Scott (of Smile in Europe fame), I'm going to temporarily join the Japanese mobile phone fad of adding a QR Code 2D barcode to my blog. There is no way in hell, though, that I'm having it tattooed to my skin!
Invented in 1994 by Denso-Wave, QR Code itself isn't that spectacular technologically since it was originally invented for labelling automotive parts, but the way it's being used today is interesting. Changing camera phones into a cheap imaging scanner using software alone is something that's been done in the AIDC industry for a while. Using it to collect information such as URL's is useful when you're stuck with a phone that's difficult to input data into. If you want your own QR Code, Scott pointed me to Kaywa's free online generator for non-commercial use. What ever happened to the competing URL-on-a-barcode standard, Semacode? Trackbacks
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This isn't the first time I've gone and put a barcode on my blog. 
