How big your code should be printed depends on how many characters you “encode” into it. It can take an absolute maximum 7,000 characters, but realistically most people will encode about 20 letters or ...

Position markers, also known as finder patterns, are the large squares located at three corners of the QR Code. These markers help scanners detect the QR Code and determine its orientation. They are ...

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Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device, ...

Anatomy of a QR code While it is easy for people to read Arabic numerals, it is hard for a computer. Bar codes encode alphanumeric data as a series of black and white lines of various widths. At the ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device, ...

Originally designed for labelling car parts, QR codes have now infiltrated our daily lives in myriad ways. The two-dimensional matrix barcode, a brainchild of Japanese firm Denso Wave back in 1994, ...

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Smart tools are everything in the world of fast-moving startups and lean marketing teams. You want to work faster, reach more people, and reduce friction between your brand and your customers. But ...

Carlos Netto is Co-founder and CEO of Matera, a software company he founded over 30 years ago in Brazil. QR codes are all around us—in stores, at the gym, in restaurants and even on TV. These URL QR ...