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Introduction QR(Quick Response) codes are 2 dimentionsal barcodes which were used mainly in Japan. However, in recent years the U.S. has started using QR codes. For example, Best Buy uses QR codes on the label tags of their products to provide more information for the item. There is a also a company called Tesco in Korea which speciallizes in the food market industry. Which placed posters of the different type of food that they offered whith QR codes. Once the person scanned the QR code for the item it would place the item in a shopping cart. Then the person would purchase the food online. The food would get delivered to the person's home without having to pay a visit to the local super market. Dissadvantages 1. A QR code can only have one data type:
•URL
•Text
•Phone number
•SMS 2. A QR code is limited in amount of information that it can have. 3. Not everyone has a cell phone. 4. Not everyone has a cell phone that can read QR codes. Advantages/Uses
•Provide additional information
•Coupons
•URL
•Add items to shopping cart
•Making Flyers/Posters/Business Cards interactive Hints Make sure to not clutter the QR code. The more information a QR code has the harder it is for QR readers to read a QR code. Finally, to create a QR code is simple. There is a .dll which allows for creating QR codes: http://twit88.com/platform/projects/list_files/mt-qrcode. Example QR codes that were made with the .dll:
Conclusion To create a QR code without having to write much code simply copy and paste what is below:
After the text portion feel free to change it to whatever you like as long as QR code supports your input and change the scale from 1-10 to make the QR code smaller or bigger. Note: The size can also be changed by adding a width and height to your image.
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