barcodes
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Navigate By Barcode And Never Get Lost Again
Libraries have terrible maps; supermarkets and department stores have bad signage; all of them have a built-in system for navigation that we don’t use: barcodes.
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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…
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Future Supermarket Checkouts Could Recognise The Food, Not The Barcode
Besides the elderly gentleman paying in gold coins, the biggest holdup at supermarket checkouts is the cashier finding an item’s barcode and properly scanning. So Toshiba has developed a faster camera-based system that recognises the food, packaged or fresh.
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Use Barcodes To Play A Piano
Ignore the overwrought, coming-of-age-type soundtrack and you’ll see a rather neat idea: a musical instrument that plays music by “reading” barcodes. The Barcode Piano consists of tiles and a board. Each tile is associated with a number which triggers a certain tune. You can arrange the tiles in preset songs or any random way you’d…