I found one for my ipad2, simply called 'Scan'. It's interesting to use while reading a magazine (the paper kind), and seeing one of those QR Codes and finding out where it will take you. The app is free.
Bill M. Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ~ Charles M. Schulz On Jul 9, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> wrote: > Harry, > > Those are commonly called QR Codes. If you have a certain kind of app on your > smartphone (the one I have is called Optiscan) and you aim it at one of > those, it will take a "picture" of the code, which will (usually) send you to > a website that contains information or a special offer from the business that > placed the code. It essentially takes the place of typing in a URL. > > These QR codes are the new shiny penny of technology that will change (yet > again) the way we communicate forever. Actually, they aren't even all that > new; they've been popular in Japan for several years. > > In my experience, it's usually faster to type in a web address than to search > for the app, get it lined up correctly and then tell it to go to the website. > I guess the one advantage is that you can save it to view later and you don't > have to memorize a URL. I've seen them on a few realtors "for sale" signs > recently. The other day I stopped at one of them to see what I'd get it if I > used it. I got out of my car, walked up close enough for my phone's camera to > be able to read it (if they'd just put the web address on there, I could have > typed it in without leaving my car, but that would have been too 20th > century) and got everything positioned properly, but the app said it couldn't > read it. When I looked at closely I could see that the sign had been rained > on and the ink that made up the lines in the QR code had smeared a bit, > making it unreadable. So much for the latest technology. > >> I forgot to paste in the url: here it is >> >> >> <http://www.racoindustries.com/barcodegenerator/2d/datamatrix.aspx> >> >> Have you seen those square barcodes that appear to be a jumble of lines. I >> am not talking about the ones with a bunch of vertical lines that you see on >> most products these days. >> >> The ones I am talking about are called Data Matrix Bar Codes. >> >> Here is a web site where you can generate your own Data Matrix bar codes. >> >> Enjoy. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
