Here are more QR code and Microsoft Tag news updates, uses, generators, etc:
- Additional on-line QR generators (beyond the mega-list here) include the following: Peter Minne's generator, QRwee, Scantag, QRCore, BlueCloud, Wasp QR code generator, Unitag, ConnectMe QR, 2dcode QR generator, and OrangeQR.
- Zazzle is offering customizable bumper sticker QR codes... You can also buy Follow Me Twitter QR codes...
- See a BBC report on Bordeaux, "Digital city", and its use of QR codes (YouTube video)
- Students at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a program that will convert QR codes to stencil patterns that can be cut out and used to paint QR codes. They have also generated a large number of "hobo" QR codes...
- Additional QR-related "books" are out e.g. 'Scan Me: Everybody's Guide to the Magical World of QR Codes' for the Kindle
- For a view of some very nice designer QR codes, go here and here...
- Scavenger hunts have gone higher tech with the use of QR codes., for example using the QR Treasure Hunt Generator.
- QR Code Types Examples and Explanations is a nice entry-level write-up of the different types of QR codes.
- Microsoft Tag has joined up with the Oregon Brewers' Festival, while a nice article compares QR codes and Microsoft Tags.
- Pethub is offering QR codes for pets' collars... "Right from your pet’s collar, your PetHub ID tag links to whatever information you choose to display. Has your pet gone missing? Anyone with a smartphone can scan the ID tag to display your pet’s important emergency contact information. If your pet’s finder is not smart-phone savvy, he/she can access the PetCard using the web address on the front of the tag."
- A free online barcode decoder works for UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 39, Code 128, QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF 417 and ITF bar codes.
- Finally, someone has developed a service, snapmyinfo, to allow those who do not have smartphones to be able to "read" QR codes.
BB QR readers (26 links)
QR codes "in the wild" (12 links)
QR-and Tag-related entries (22 links)
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