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  2. QR code - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [6] [7] [8] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [9] the pattern of the position detection markers was determined by finding the least-used sequence of ...

  3. Masahiro Hara - Wikipedia

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    The code was introduced in 1994. [12] In 2021, QR codes were being used to book and track COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. [6] Hara has stated that he would like to develop QR codes for additional medical purposes, including imaging such as x-rays or electrocardiogram data. [2] Hara still works for Denso as of 2024. [1]

  4. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  5. QR Codes Are Reshaping Public Transit, But Are They Safe? - AOL

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    October marks the 70th anniversary of the first bar code-type product. And the QR code — short for quick response — is an evolution on bar codes that are often used to point users to a ...

  6. QR code payment - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994 by Masahiro Hara from the Japanese company Denso Wave. [4]In December 2010, the first documented description of QR code-based payments came from two patents filed by Shaun Cooley and Andrew Charles Payne, based on a prototype system developed for Norton Labs at Symantec called Norton Mobile Pay.

  7. Why Did Katy Perry Wear a QR Code on the VMAs Red Carpet? - AOL

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  8. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection; the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]

  9. Bernard Silver - Wikipedia

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    The two men eventually sold their patent to Philco for $15,000 — all they ever made from their invention." [5] During his career Silver served as a physics instructor at Drexel and as vice-president of Electro Nite Inc. [6] He died August 28, 1963, of bronchopneumonia due to acute myelogenous leukemia [7] at the age of 38.