You may have noticed these black & white barcodes popping up on print ads, billboards and products. What actually are they? These codes are called QR Codes – QR stands for Quick Reference.

They are a 2 dimensional matrix code which is essentially a 2 dimensional Barcode. Denso Wave created the codes in 1994 for  use in the Toyata car manufacturing plants.

QR Codes are scanned by a mobile smart phone and provide the user with a range of different information, this could be a link through to a website, phone number, product information, specials, nutritional information etc. These codes will bring changes to the way we shop and communicate in the future. Keep an eye out for them and have your smart phone ready!

To generate a QR Code visit: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/