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Giz Explains: How QR Codes Work, And Why They Suck
QR codes are a technology that desperately wants our attention. They appear everywhere from supermarket shelves and magazines to hiking trails and tombstones. Never heard of a QR code? You’re looking at one right now. Scan the image at the top of this article, and it will open a link to the mobile version… of this article. Very meta.
Definitive Proof That Robots And QR Codes Are Not The Future Of Bartending
It’s generally assumed that robots will eventually take over all jobs currently staffed by humans. But tending bar could be one of the hold outs, if this Social Drink Machine is any indication. It lets patrons place orders through a combination of social media, mobile apps and QR codes, but in this case the whole is unfortunately not greater than the sum of its parts.
At Least This QR Code Clock Appreciates How Useless It Is
For all intents and purposes QR codes are a dead technology only being kept alive by marketing machine life support. For some reason advertising types think it’s easier for consumers to snap a photo of a pixelated square than remember a URL, but as Michael Ciuffo points out with his obfuscated QR code clock, it’s a “…technological convenience that really isn’t convenient.”
Acoustic Barcodes Are Probably Super Popular In Some Alternate Universe
With technology like NFC on the rise, you might think the humble barcode might not be long for this world. As it turns out, that old medium has at least one more trick up its sleeve. Going tactile and operating with sound just might be what it takes to make barcodes cool (again?).
World’s Largest QR Code Is Stupidly Pointless
This is officially the world’s largest QR code. Carved into a field of maze in Alberta, Canada, it measures 28,760 square metres and links to the Kraay Family Farm website.
The Internet’s Top 100 NSFW Searches
Quick! Grab your iPhone and power up your favourite QR code-reading app, because these images are too explicit for us to post.
QR Code T-Shirts Deserve Nothing But Ridicule
Hopefully this is some kind of unfunny joke, but there is now a line of QR code clothing. Yeah, that’s right. QRTribe makes hoodies, purses and t-shirts printed with these ugly things that no one uses. When you scan them, they’ll take you to a page that has links to all of your social media profiles. Eureka!
This Augmented Reality App Is The Final Nail In The QR Code’s Hideous Coffin
Just about everyone except for inept marketers can agree that QR codes are terrible and useless. That being said, there’s not really a better alternative if you’re looking to implement augmented reality on the cheap. Until now, thanks to Layar’s new page-scanning smartphone app.
This Entire Town Is Plastered With QR Codes That Link To Wikipedia
I usually hate QR codes. They’re ugly technology needlessly solving non-problems in a flawed attempt to be futuristic. Even worse, people plaster them on the dumbest things: bikinis, burqas, butts, etc. And now, setting a new low, they’ve painted a whole town with QR codes. There are literally over a 1000 QR codes scarring this entire town.
Sexy Women With QR Codes On Their Butts Is Bad
QR codes, those impractical little squares that deliver information through a phone’s camera, have seen their fair share of bad ideas. But this explosion of tackyness seems especially dumb and horrible and gross and UGH.
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