Invisible Quick-Response Codes (the Square Ones) Could Thwart Counterfeiting
September 11th, 2012 |
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Quick Response (QR) codes—those grainy, black-and-white squares increasingly found on advertisements and packaging—can quickly deliver encoded data to mobile gadgets, whether the info is a Web address for a promotional video or details about a package’s shipment. Could this same technology effectively barcode currency, to crack down on counterfeiters? A team of researchers from the [...]
Keep reading »Mobile Apps Offer 3-D Printing Via the Cloud [Video]
April 29th, 2012 |
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As 3-D printing has matured over the past decade, the process has proved an effective way for artists, entrepreneurs and academics to produce custom-designed parts and prototype models. Now 3-D printing is becoming even more accessible through Web sites and apps that let iPhone and iPad users upload designs or create new ones and have [...]
Keep reading »Dots, Spots, and Pixels: What’s In A Name?
This is a guest post by Jim Perkins, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s medical illustration program. Jim explains the most befuddling concepts in graphics and illustration with clarity and ease – he has written for Symbiartic twice before: first, on why it’s a good idea to calibrate your computer monitor and second, [...]
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