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The hustle Buster - QR Code

How a Board Game and Skyscrapers Inspired the Development of the QR Code What is QR Code?   Quick Response code, better known as QR code , is a type of matrix barcode first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached.Using a combination of spacing as a type of Matrix Barcode (a 2-D Barcode), when a  QR Code  is scanned, it conveys a wide multitude of information. The  information  stored in a  QR Code  is usually URLs, but anything  can  be stored, from contact data to calendar data, email addresses, phone numbers, SMS opening, plain text and geolocation.   QR code inventors Masahiro Hara [right] of Denso and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs, both located in Aichi, Japan Add caption Recent QR Code Usage Growth   Not only are consumers more accustomed to scanning  QR codes  g...