Comments on: 2D barcode tombstone

By: QR code usage in Japan : digital nomad

QR code usage in Japan : digital nomad — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:51:28 +0000

[...] came across this post about barcode tombstones in Japan. Shows very clearly how much public acceptance the 2D barcode technology has got in [...]

By: QR codes on tombstones help mourners to stay in touch

QR codes on tombstones help mourners to stay in touch — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:02:41 +0000

[...] And the Japanese now even use QR codes on graves, as shown in the video below. It may sound macabre at first but seems to be a way to let people close to the person in question interact with each other without hassles, i.e. in the form of a mini social network that you can access with your mobile phone. The mourners can also access information about who paid a visit to the grave recently, get the deceased person’s profile and other data or set up a virtual grave. Another example of using QR codes in this context can be found here. [...]

By: NPC

NPC — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:34:20 +0000

I don’t see why QR codes haven’t made the trip over here to North America yet. I wish my cell could read/use these.

By: PureLandMountain.com

PureLandMountain.com — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

the Voice of Stone, which enables all this ethereal convenience while recording grave visits too, presumably the called-in kind as well, to be shared into the future by family and friends, the cell-phoneless deceased likely remaining out of the loop.Asiajinhas a more detailed explanation of this must-have, and a link to the Japanese cell phone website that first posted the story.

By: The Plant - Home

The Plant - Home — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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By: Business Card Information and Deals

Business Card Information and Deals — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

They are now flooding over typical usage on train ads, business cards and coupon flyers…. Original post byAsiajin

By: Japan Navigator

Japan Navigator — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

, a contextual database/dictionary that will not only be of help to translators, but to anyone studying Japanese. Asiajin is a blog on webservices and technology and in a intriguing post it comments on a Japanese companymarketing tombstones with QR Code(the Japanese 2D barcode for cellphones). Via the barcode, visitors can access photo’s and other memorabilia of the deceased on their cellphone. Weird? It shows how ordinary those handy barcodes have become in Japan, although the US and Europe are

By: regeneration

regeneration — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2D barcode tombstone | Asiajin

By: The Network Sense

The Network Sense — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

a picture of a real world object containing a 2d barcode (see above) a user then sends the picture via email to a web service the web service decodes the image and sends related information back to the user So, how could this be used? According toAsiajin, QR codes are being added to tombstones in Japan to enable visitors to access profile information and multimedia content of the deceased. photo via Asiajin The most common use to-date is linking print ads in newspapers,