QR Codes

[norbs]

Not heard of these before, but they are pretty cool.

A lot of phones have apps that read them, just do a search for QR reader.



I am not sure how they could be used, but it is a very cool idea.

here is a generator.

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

[wobblysauce]

it is like the barcode system but there are a lot more possibility with this

[norbs]

it is like the barcode system but there are a lot more possibility with this

Is there anything you don't know?

[ysu]

There are many alternatives to it, too. It's a pretty good way of storing info. It stores a hefty amouont of data (compared to a barcode, certainly) - encoded. You can print it, as an off-line storage.
I've read a couple of years ago an article - a guy was testing how much data he could store on an A4 sheet this way...crazy.

[wobblysauce]

ysu, yes you can store an immense amount of information in 1's and 0's, but like every thing it all depends on the reader, if you have different readers you can multiply the area of the total amount of combinations by the factor of reader differences.. and most commonplace for that is storing data in images

[Santaria]

There are many alternatives to it, too. It's a pretty good way of storing info. It stores a hefty amouont of data (compared to a barcode, certainly) - encoded. You can print it, as an off-line storage.
I've read a couple of years ago an article - a guy was testing how much data he could store on an A4 sheet this way...crazy.

Turned out to be a hoax.

[ysu]

There are many alternatives to it, too. It's a pretty good way of storing info. It stores a hefty amouont of data (compared to a barcode, certainly) - encoded. You can print it, as an off-line storage.
I've read a couple of years ago an article - a guy was testing how much data he could store on an A4 sheet this way...crazy.

Turned out to be a hoax.

really? It was going on for long with everything, how small the min. gfx size could be and how much to save on margins...that's a shame. But whatever, it was a good read anyway.
(by the way where was it? you seem to have a better memory of it than me)

[Santaria]

There are many alternatives to it, too. It's a pretty good way of storing info. It stores a hefty amouont of data (compared to a barcode, certainly) - encoded. You can print it, as an off-line storage.
I've read a couple of years ago an article - a guy was testing how much data he could store on an A4 sheet this way...crazy.

Turned out to be a hoax.

really? It was going on for long with everything, how small the min. gfx size could be and how much to save on margins...that's a shame. But whatever, it was a good read anyway.
(by the way where was it? you seem to have a better memory of it than me)

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... was-a-hoax

[ysu]

ah, thanks, that's not the one I read.
It did not claim GBs / sheet either, only large number of MBs, which - back then - wasn't looking too bad for such a basic media.

[JTM29]

pretty cool, had to go download an iphone app and see what that said... took me to your website >.>