Walkers around Hermosa Beach, CA are picking up $25,000 QR Coded bills (image below). It’s part of a promotion for Mafia Wars Las Vegas, the fifth playable city in this popular multiplayer browser game. The QR Code resolves to a non-mobilized site and the chance to win a grand prize of $25,000 or one of […]
CCTV surveillance is a fact of life nowadays for those living in large cities but the surveyors have been getting a surprise in Berlin. QR Code mosaic tiles applied with strong adhesive have been placed where they can be seen by the cameras and the pedestrians. The QR Codes when scanned read “please smile you’re […]
We have seen QR Codes made from Frisk Mints, now sakibomb222 has made a working QR Code from a 56 oz bag of M&M’s that resolves to the M&M website. Mars (which makes the candy) will probably wonder why their advertising agency BBDO, New York didn’t get their first.
Following on from a great QR Code use we have a not so great. Reader in Digital Spaces at the Edinburgh College of Art, Dr. Chris Speed and Research Associate at University College London, Ralph Barthel have produced a ten minute digital video (below) from 3000 QR codes where each code resolves as a frame […]
Honda Wang has come up with a brilliantly simple use of QR Codes in education, flashcards you can’t cheat with!
(I made up this one).
MSKYNET have received $550K venture capital funding to roll out their SPARQCodes (rebranded QR Codes). Others in this space using a propriotory proprietary or rebranded open source code include BeeTagg, QubeTag, Scanbuy EZcode, JAGTAG, Microsoft Tag and AT&T Create-a-Code. Will they all survive?
Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) the largest mobile phone operator in Russia is promoting its Red Energy tariff plan in Moscow with a QR Code treasure hunt (video below).
QR CODE ADVENTURE IN MOSCOW Vlad Sitnikov
The City of Manor, Texas has been using QR Codes for some time now so we should not be surprised by their latest clever idea. Apparently it’s time to repaint the towns elevated water storage tank and they are looking for a sponsor for the project. The sponsor gets to have the first ever […]
A few days ago PCC Natural Markets announced that it was planning to use QR Codes on shelf tags but it looks like they have been beaten to the draw. Reader Jack Olmsted pointed me towards this post on Port Townsend Food Coop and cheese maker Mt. Townsend Creamery using a QR Code to direct […]
The UK’s first QR Code online clothing retailer officially launches a new website tomorrow but it’s up already and you can see it at QRazystuff.com. Behind the operation is Suffolk based entrepreneur, Martin Rides who organized the first London QR Code meet-up. Martin is a great guy and QRazystuff deserves to be a success, so […]