Tech Blog 4 : QR Code

Convenience access to abundant information

Form paper through mobile phone to internet

The QR Code is a way to use the camera of a mobile device to capture a bit of data, be it text or a URL. The user snaps a photo of the square bar code and an application on the device makes the translation. It is created by Japanese corporation in 1994. The "QR" stand for "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

QR Codes are cool

The most interesting part that attracted me is that QR Codes are cool. They can help the user quickly access from paper through mobile phone to the internet.

QR Codes is a trend has broken out representing the other end of the spectrum. Through the phone's browser they can launch and direct to the URL which provide abundant information the user may need. In NY Times, they called that a “QR-Code enhanced pixel scarf”. Japanese are already used heavily. Consumers can preview movie trailers, make a doctor’s appointment, or pull up the nutritional info on their fast food, any object that users might need information about. A social application of QR Codes is a Face book app that allows people to create “Add to Friends” codes for bags and clothing.

Besides, users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites.Some people in Japan already used the QR Code in their name cards to help people get more information about them.

Killer application: E-Commerce application, convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users.