A file QR code is one of the many advancements in quick-response technology that change the way we share information with others. It’s essentially a two-dimensional barcode that automatically opens ...

The Google Drive Risk Report by Metomic reveals that 40.2% of the documents stored in the cloud storage without any security protection contain sensitive data. This calls for the prioritization of ...

Record breaker The researchers test the QR code during their successful world record attempt. (Courtesy: TU Wien) But this wasn’t just a ploy to get into the record books, the QR code was created as ...

Tiny details: QR codes are designed to efficiently and securely store digital data in a compact, two-dimensional form. Researchers at TU Wien took this principle further – delving into the microscopic ...

Scientists have created a QR code that is smaller than most bacteria, offering a novel way to store data. Using beams of charged particles, a team from Vienna University of Technology in Austria ...

On December 3, the team secured a Guinness World Record for the world’s smallest QR code. Spanning just around 2 sq. micrometres, the code is about one-third the size of the previous record holder and ...

For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.