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Sorin Adam Matei

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MOMA Art Exhibit Turns 2d Codes into Art

QR codes, which are a type of barcodes that can call up multimedia on cell phones (see Around the World in 80 Days example to the right), are now embraced by the art world.  The MOMA art exhibit ““Talk to Me: Design…

Ubimark covered by major online sites: Gizmodo, ReadWriteWeb, Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus

Over the last few days my project, Ubimark, which turns print books such as Around the Word in 80 Days into user interfaces for the web through the magic of 2d or QR codes, has been covered by a number of very…

Hyperlinks for physical objects

At Purdue University we have been exploring the possibilities opened up by the 2D code revolution. My colleagues keep asking me about the digital matrix I affixed to the main office door. One of my classes has created a 2d code tour…