Since most people are carrying a camera-equipped computer in their pockets these days, QR codes can be a great way to easily share short snippets of information. You can put one on your business card ...

Scientists have developed a new method of providing information on 3D-printed foods, by printing a QR code within the food itself. Doing so doesn't affect the taste or outward appearance of the food, ...

An interesting research project out of MIT shows that it’s possible to embed machine-readable labels into 3D printed objects using nothing more than an FDM printer and filament that is transparent to ...

Our lives were made considerably simpler by QR codes, which were developed in 1994 by the Japanese vehicle company Denso Wave. QR codes often include data for a tracker, location, or identification ...

As more and more products are manufactured via 3D printing, the potential for inferior-quality 3D-printed counterfeit versions of those products rises accordingly. With that in mind, scientists have ...

Researchers have developed a way of printing edible QR codes -- a kind of barcode -- within cookies, meaning that the tag is embedded within the food itself. Crucially, the tag doesn't change the ...