(It's a ...) Micro World (... after all): QR Codes

Thursday, September 30, 2010

QR Codes

I've been enamored with the idea of QR codes lately. Over at LabSpaces, I mentioned that I'd like to include them on my next round of business cards.

I've found two applications which have proven useful in my quest to QR code things.

The first is a web app by Kaywa. If you give them a URL, they will generate a QR code image for you which you can then download and do anything you want with.

The second is ScanLife, which produces an app that I have for the BlackBerry. It takes some getting used to, but if you hold your camera back far enough (I'd say at least 6 to 10 inches) it'll actually work fairly well. There are also applications for the desktop where you use a webcam as a barcode reader.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: I think that Microsoft Tag is a much newer and better solution to qr codes.
Have you seen them?? http://tag.microsoft.com; 12:06 PM
Tom said...: I'll certainly check it out (downloaded the Tag reader) but wondering how widely adopted this will be.; 12:51 PM

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Thomas Joseph
Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. Boomer Sooner!

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