Originally designed for labelling car parts, QR codes have now infiltrated our daily lives in myriad ways.
The two-dimensional matrix barcode, a brainchild of Japanese firm Denso Wave back in 1994, has evolved to serve a plethora of purposes from facilitating parcel returns and streamlining food orders in eateries, to granting access to amusement parks and simplifying website logins.
Yet, despite having been used for the past 20 years, a vast number of people remain clueless about how QR codes function or what the acronym even stands for. This curiosity led one Read even more
