Category Archives: error correction

QR codes versus NFC

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

For a quite obscured reason to me and perhaps because of some bad QR code experiences, many love to see NFC as the killer of QR code, if not its evolved successor. The fact that Google stopped its support for … Continue reading →

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Encrypted QR Codes

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

QR codes can be considered as encrypted messages; after all no human eye is able to decode it. We need an extension -in a form of a mobile device – to read them. What about encrypted QR codes for mobile … Continue reading →

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QR Codes Versus Data Matrix

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Unlike 1D codes where all information can be found in one cut through the code, 2D codes need a second dimension since they contain many different ‘lines’ of data. Among the most popular 2D codes are the QR codes and … Continue reading →

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Decorating a QR Code – Part Three

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

This post is going to look at the more aggressive means of decorating QR codes. The first mean I will look at is adding a drawing as if it was a layer above the QR code, drawing on the QR … Continue reading →

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Decorating a QR Code – Part Two

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

After dealing in previous post with neutral (non damaging QR code data) decorative means, we are going to look at more aggressive means and learn their possible effect. We will try to estimate their damage amount and ways to control … Continue reading →

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Decorating a QR Code – Part One

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Decorating a QR code is not a simple task as it may sound. Decorating QR codes has been taken by some artists to a level of an art in itself. Some decorative means will not affect QR code readability, we … Continue reading →

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QR codes for Real Estate

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

If you have any connection to real estate marketing, you probably can’t miss the new hype surrounding QR codes. Their appearance is growing on real estate printed material, on real estate signs and even on realtor’s websites. Many of these … Continue reading →

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How to Create QR Codes for Business Cards

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Creating a QR code for a business card may sound like a challenge. Truth is that everybody can create a QR code for a business card and the steps are quite simple. It is important though to understand the constraint … Continue reading →

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QR Code Generators

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Many QR code generators exist in the web. I could find only a few of them. and  tested only the QR codes created for URLs. Not all QR code generators are equal. Many of them create a QR code without … Continue reading →

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Drawing on the QR Code

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Drawing on the QR code Before drawing an image on the QR code, and after finding a good location for the image – we must take some measures to assure that our final result will be still decodable. The fact … Continue reading →

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