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Are You Scanning Me, or Am I Scanning You?
Are You Scanning Me, or Am I Scanning You?
Most people were more tentative, asking for consent first before offering me a choice by asking: “我扫你还是你扫我?” — ”Are you scanning me, or am I scanning you?” In other words: are you a QR top, or bottom?
The experience of scanning QR Codes and making friends via WeChat in China.
Alibaba embraces new visual QR-style codes
A new twist on the traditional black and white matrix code has been done many times before. This time its by Visualead, who have featured on BAWS before. The ‘dotless visual codes’ (hmm), only require the corner dots to scan, leaving 90% available for logos or imagery. They have partnered with the giant Alibaba to help combat counterfeit goods, so expect this format to become commonplace.
image-rendering | CSS-Tricks
A new CSS property allows control of the way the browser optimises images. If you have small blocky images with sharp details, for example a QR code, you will have seen how increasing an images size often makes details blurry.
The ‘image-rendering’ property allows you to specify the image needs to remain sharp at larger sizes.
img {
image-rendering: pixelated;
}Perfect for keeping responsive QR codes sharp and scan-able on the web.
Update: Sime Vidas has a comprehensive list of css properties for crisp pixelated images across screen resolutions.
Virtual QR Code Library
The ‘Digital Library Wallpaper’ pairs with a selection of books chosen by a home or business owner. With space being ever more at a premium, this is a neat solution for city dwelling book lovers who have had to let go their physical book collection.
QR Code from a moving train
…and believe or not, it worked!!! #Lumia925 #QRcode #SFmural pic.twitter.com/3IufeRE2F0
— Tomomi ✿ Imura (@girlie_mac)
Incredible this works from this distance on a moving train (try doing that NFC!). I suppose as mobile cameras get more sophisticated, B&WS may have to reconsider some of the previous #fail posts.
Harney Sushi prints food information such as ingredients and their sources onto edible rice paper, served as part of their dish. [via PSFK]
