Parkland students blend QR and fashion to register voters

[Arkansas Granny]

Parkland students blend QR and fashion to register voters


What's going on: In their most recent popularization in the U.S., QRs are front and center in the anti-gun violence movement from March for Our Lives, launched by students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla

After the February massacre at the school, in which a gunman killed 17 students and teachers, Jammal Lemy, 20, a local t-shirt designer and former Stoneman student, was asked by movement leaders to design merchandise to help fund their national tour.
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The idea was that 38 states allow online registration, so if you scan the t-shirt's QR — which Lemy thought would be an irresistible impulse — you would be taken instantly to a voter registration page.

https://www.axios.com/2018-midterm-elections-march-for-our-lives-qr-voter-registration-87556a63-da00-4083-a690-45d1e9d1ceca.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

These kids are great.

[Glorfindel]

1. They are indeed. Since I wasn't familiar with the term "QR," I looked it up.

From Wikipedia: "QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode) first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached. A QR code uses four standardized encoding modes (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, and kanji) to store data efficiently; extensions may also be used."

Fiendishly clever idea!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. The codes can be scanned by smart phones. Some require an app,

or it's a feature on some.

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R