Massachusetts Institute of Technology / MIT Museum
Building N51 265 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139
Open Daily 10am – 5pm / Closed Major Holidays
NOTE: Special schedule on Thursday, May 23. See our Hours & Admission page for details.
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During your visit to the MIT Museum, you may notice exhibits with a block-based barcode on them. These are called QR Codes and are meant to help you to visit a web page using your mobile phone. Many newer (and some older) mobile phones can be used to decode these symbols. If your phone can read them, you will also need to have the appropriate phone service (usually toat least be able to see web pages on your phone) and will need to have QR Code software loaded on your phone. You can learn more about QR Codes on Wikipedia, and you can start at Mobile-Barcodes.com to see if your phone can make use of them. You can learn how to make your own QR Codes using Google's Chart Tools. Note for iPhone users: the original iPhone and iPhone 3G cameras generally have trouble decoding QR Codes unless you keep the phone about 12-18" (30-45 cm) away from the code and then zoom in on the photo after you have taken it. QR Code ® is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED in JAPAN and other countries
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 A giant QR Code linking to a website, to be read with a mobile phone. A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. Image and text from Wikipedia |
