Someone who is not me (very jealous) has figured out a good method for 3d printing QR codes. Mikeasaurus, chose to put his QR codes on coasters, and to use the link to allow guest to get on his wifi quickly. But the method looks pretty solid and I bet you could do some really […]
Category: QR codes
I am a little obsessed with these useful digital tokens
QR Code as Art
Recently, I have come to realize how many issues I have hidden from by being a work-a-holic. Especially losing my mother and brother so close together. It was coming out in unhealthy ways and I have been looking for better ways to process those events, rather than letting them fester as a back-ground brain process. […]
How to change the world over the weekend
I love hackathons. I love winning them. I love competing in them. I love winning them. I love judging them. I also love not losing them. This weekend, I am acting as a mentor to the first Health 2.0 hackathon in Houston Texas. As far as I know (which is not that far, really) this […]
QR code stencil upmanship
As far as I know, I was the first person to publish a generalizable method for creating a QR code stencil or to even clearly document why such a method was difficult. However, since that time, I have realized that other approaches would ultimately be superior. The two I have been pursuing are automated embroidery […]
Making QR code stencils
I have been on a quest to be a able to spray-paint QR codes, in mass production. I recently demoed my QR code stencil work at Maker Faire. The secret, in short, is chicken wire and caulk. I tried the following methods unsuccessfully: cardboard cutouts (subject to the island problem) suspending wires across a board and […]
QR code stencils, the problem
I love QR codes. I think the notion of simple graphical URLs is beautiful and elegant. If my wife were a graphical data object, I think she would be a 2D QR code. Think of it, you can put links anywhere you want, in the real world! You can put them on tshirts, coffee mugs, […]