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What Movies Look Like in Barcode Form

What Movies Look Like in Barcode Form

Barcodes are the schnitz these days, even though they have been around for the longest time. Of course, QR Codes are garnering a lot of attention as well, but the good old barcodes still provide some amusement – especially if they are anything like these barcodes that the guys at Moviebarcode have created. What they did was to get hold of some of their favorite movies (I am assuming the movies in the list are their favorites, of course) and then compressed all the images. The result? Very interesting images. Think color spectrums. Think seeing hours of movies compressed into one collage of colors. Granted, these barcodes are NOT barcodes Read more »

Get Your Own Hitech Grave with Interactive Barcode

Get Your Own Hitech Grave with Interactive Barcode

Japanese tombstone maker, Ishinokoe has developed a new tombstone that will contain a scanable bar-code behind a lockable door on the tombstones, allowing family members and friends to scan them with their mobile phones.This is a modern interpretation from the ancient Egypt belief in providing Pharaohs with their treasure for the trip in to afterlife. The thombstones will be equipped with a barcode, which people can read with their mobile phone and then _interact_ with their beloved in scrapbook alike style, posting or viewing memories, photos from the past. Read more »