Sunday, February 15, 2009

language cross over with technology


so I have been playing with this not so new data Matrix code technology.

its also known as the 2D barcode. That contains more information than just numbers that a traditional would contains.

A basic 2D barcode can easily contain alphabetical information, such as sentences, personal information or web page links. Anything that contains words.

This technology is already widely used in Japan. When everyone's phone has a camera, and all the phones have the software that can de-code the 2D code.

so phones can take a picture of the graphic, and, detect what's message in the 2D code.

There, you can imagine, what the possibility this thing can be.
People in Japan use this on their business cards, so you will never have to type all the information on the card, but as simple as just take a picture of the "graphic" then, your phone will de-code the information, here, will possible be all the contact information about that person(name, job title, phone numbers, webpage, e-mail....)
then, just as simple as save it.

This technology also use as coupons on posters and flyers all over japan....and many many more places.



there, so.....

I think I want to do something about this technology.
im thinking:
one:
it would be pure graphic codes. and there will be messages contain in it.
two:
the code graphic with regular type altogether.

Now, the real problem is...to pick a topic and work on it with the technology.....

2 comments:

Lisa Han said...

DO IT!!

kei said...

ha, these things are so great in tokyo. sometimes the barcode thing itself is on a huge piece of paper and people scan it to see what its about.