by Chilldor

If you have recently travelled or looked at magazines you have probably seen a strange black and with square shape barcode boxes. Actually you don’t have to go far – recent Mobile Monday in Toronto issued tickets that contained QR code – also known as “Quick Response” code. It is used to code and decode different information: business card, message, URL. Up to 7089 numbers or 4296 alphanumeric characters can be contained in one QR code.

Created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994 QR codes have become recently very popular in Japan and in the rest of the World.

All one has to do to read the code is to have special program to decode 2D barcode and you will instantly have in your fingertips information hidden in its pattern. Next time you see it – check again it might be provided by Chilldor!

by Marino Bresciani

p>Sometimes simple ideas can lead to rather interesting business. And this presentation below describes the possibility of developing location based games which can be played through SMS.

Enjoy!

by Marino Bresciani

If you know enough about Bluetooth technology, you would easily guess how his technology has always been underestimated so far. This is mainly due to the different approach of this technology, much more used as way of pushing objects/files (read: ringtones, pictures, etc) rather that technolgy in a multi-user context.

But multi-user contexts, al least in my opinion, are so cool
but to make them more clear and understandable to everybody, it is really necessary to go beyong Bluetooth and jump into physical computing and visible information spaces.

Have a look at this video clip – this shows a marvellous job done at the University of Toronto: a hand-held multiuser projected Information Space. The video is rather clear and there is no need to use words to understand the powerfull of this solution and the innovative approach of mobile information visualization.

Well, as you see, the device used by these people is not yet that hand-held but I am really looking forward to see something similar done with a mobile phone. Users would be really free to exchange information simply using their hands and approach to a more natural intraction.There is also the paper available online.