Now this is pretty impressive. Old as it may be with the new phones that have the Barcode scannign feature, this scan will reveal what’s been encrypted.
I used http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ to generate this image, and if you have a phone with a Barcode reader (e.g. Nokia N95) then you’ll be able to decrypt the message behind this image.
It seems magazines in the US have this barcode on the cover page that will allow people to scan the barcode and it would reveal the appealing articles in the magazine.
Imagine if you didn’t have the time to hang around in the Newagency in the morning, but scanned all your favourite magazines, saved the data and preview what’s in the magazine in your free time.
There is a little plug-in (which I’ll soon be installing) that will allow you reader to scan the image on the screen, and take my articles on your mobile to read while you’re on the train to work/home.
Most of Nokia’s new mobile handset seems to have this app already built in.
One of the features that I see this being used in Online Real Estate (given that work for Fairfax’s domain.com.au) is where property agents can have this code on the sign-board outside homes where potential buyers walking past can scan the code. The app will then decrypt the message with a link to the domain.com.au website for more information. Yep, steal this idea – and you’ll be hearing from me =)
Going through my manager’s blog (Mark Cohen) – I noticed on one of his posts which had a link to the Domain website listing the former Prime Minister, John Howard’s house in Kirribilli.
John Howard who no longer has his seat in the house was replaced by Kevin Rudd over the weekend elections.
http://www.domain.com.au/Public/PropertyDetails.aspx?adid=2006832414
Makes me wonder how Mark found this listing =)
It seems with the digital space, you no longer need to pull yourself out of bed at 8am in the morning for your university lecture.
Hop on to YouTube and watch what your professor thought your peers (or an empty class if they all follow suit with YouTube). This is an approach that University of New South Wales (UNSW) has taken (after following University of California, Berkeley). More than just lecture videos, UNSW is publishing videos about the campus as tours, revues and student work online.
Though this medium of attending lectures will never surpass the real interaction with your class mates nor will it help with practical related tutorials.
However it allow students to be able to replay all the videos just a few days before the exams. Given the public access to this site, even allows prospect parents who are considering UNSW to get an understanding of the sort of teaching methods used and a first hand experience of how a lecture session is held without having to physically attend one.
YouTube averages about approx 20 million unique visitors per month.