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Sugar Cube QR Code

By Roger ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ Email this post ⋅ Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Zoltan emailed to tell me about Kitchen Budapest, a media lab who have started to play with QR codes - including this one made from sugar cubes that decodes to ‘Kibu’ (Kitchen budapest).

QR Code made from sugar cubes

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8 comments for “Sugar Cube QR Code”

  1. WOW!!! chocolates, scarves, print ads, books….now sugar cubes? This is amazing.

    Posted by QR Kid | March 27, 2009, 8:42 am

  2. It’s missing a targeting object and is not readable

    Posted by anon | May 1, 2009, 2:06 am

  3. @anon I had no trouble reading it on any of the mobile devices I tried. Use a different reader or upgrade your mobile device.

    Posted by Roger | May 1, 2009, 7:20 am

  4. This just resolves to the word “Kibu” on my phone, (iPhone with QuickMark QR Reader), shouldn’t it contain a URL or something?

    Roger - “Use a different reader or upgrade your mobile device”? If you actual want this technology to take off outside of japan you’re going to have to a little less patronising about it. I’m using an iPhone4 with brand new industry standard reader. Where else is there to go?

    Big fat FAIL, i’m afraid.

    Posted by matt | October 11, 2010, 2:55 pm

  5. I… really didn’t read any patronism in that :o
    I-Nigma read it just fine on my iPhone 3GS, btw ^_^

    Posted by Bafflebox | October 13, 2010, 10:20 pm

  6. @anon - anything to do with the lack of contrast between the symbol and the outside (background?) just guessing - haven’t got an iPhone etc. to test it with!

    Posted by Abdullah | April 6, 2011, 10:22 am

  7. Also, it states in the article that it decodes to ‘KiBu’, thus, no fail. These codes decode to what ever was put in them and is not limited to (tho most often used for) URLs.

    Posted by MysticKnightoftheSea | June 12, 2011, 8:04 am

  8. That’s pretty cool, i gotta get on this, fast. Works great.

    Posted by Will | June 14, 2011, 5:33 am

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