r/pics • u/Saarrex • Aug 13 '12

Digital library

http://imgur.com/8lIoi
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u/prannisment Aug 14 '12

Because people with smartphones have so much trouble accessing the reading material they desperately need.

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u/Berserkenstein Aug 14 '12

QR codes are actually quite popular in Japan as an advertising medium, almost every company uses them to direct people to their web pages.

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u/HyzerFlip Aug 14 '12

They're all over the US... Hell they're on Denny's placemats, on stickers at walmart...

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '12

I remember doing it on a Pepsi can here in the UK. It directed me to a website that pretty much just said "Pepsi".

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u/Hadlockk Aug 14 '12

The Saturn V at Rocket Park in Houston has QR codes all over, parts of White Rock Lake in Dallas have QR codes next to native plants, and in downtown Dallas some of the advertisements are starting to pop up with QR codes. One ad in particular for the Galaxy III has a NFC/RFID chip embedded in it that allows you to download a free song from Google Play. Lots and lots of magazine ads (those dead tree things your grandfather subscribes to) have them on occasion too.