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Everything you need to go from zero to hero in QR technology. Read on for examples, "how-to", history and even a bit of the strange.
Weird Uses of QR Codes
These days, QR codes can be found in retail, restaurants, real estate, grocery stores, and probably every other place you can imagine. QR codes are a great marketing tool and people are beginning to think outside the box and use QR codes in unusual ways.
- One interesting way that people are starting to use QR codes is by placing them on their resumes. This helps to make your resume interactive and allows potential employers to learn much more about you when the scan the QR code. This concept will also help your resume stand out among others.
- The Netherlands has gone so far as to produce limited edition coins to mark the 100th anniversary of the Mint, and these coins actually feature QR codes. These coins were issued by the Royal Dutch Mint in June of 2011. The QR code featured on the coin take you to a web page that features a video and memory coin game.
- A company called Sinap Co. Ltd was curious if a QR code made of sand could be scanned and read by a smartphone. So they created a QR code out of sand and discovered that most smartphone QR code readers could scan and decode the QR code.
- QR codes are even starting to be used on gravestones. The QR code can be placed on the gravestone and will link to a website where visitors and family members can view text, video, and images from the deceased. Some of these QR codes even allow visitors to leave messages in the grave’s guestbook.
- In Japan, more than 50 people gathered to create the world’s biggest QR code. These people got together and held signs that when placed together formed the QR code. When scanned, the code downloads an animation that celebrates Audi.
- A Paris based tattoo artist named Karl Marc tattooed a QR code into a client’s design. When the tattoo is scanned, it reveals an animated character. This tattoo session was recorded live on Facebook as a type of promotion and allowed views to chat with Karl as he worked.
- In Germany, a group of people decided to create a giant QR code in a wheat field. When the QR code was scanned and decoded it said “Hello, world!” This was done in collaboration with Google Earth software.
- The company JetBlue created a great QR code ad and made it by using pictures of people on vacation as the blocks for the QR code. The only downside to this campaign was that it was placed in subways where there is no data connection for smartphones.
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