QR-Code Clock

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2012/11/02 @ 11:00 am
Category Electronics

Michael Ciuffo’s clever QR Clock generates each of the 1,440 daily QR codes on the fly, rather than referencing a array of pre-configured codes. His boards feature a built-in ATMega328.

[T]his clock points out the ultimate irony of QR codes which is that they are a technological convenience that really isn’t convenient. In order to read this clock, the user will require some sort of QR scanning device which is guaranteed to have a time-telling function built into it already.

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10 Responses to QR-Code Clock

Jordan Dietrich on November 2nd, 2012 at 11:16 am said:

Nice touch with the millions of clock apps on the phone

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Shotgunner on November 2nd, 2012 at 11:20 am said:

I love that he has scores of clock apps on his QR code scanner. This is a digital representation of the “The Most Useless Machine”. In fact it is definitely misnamed. It should be “The Most Useless Clock”. Great work!

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eKalb on November 2nd, 2012 at 11:34 am said:

Not to mention, buy the time you look up the time, it may no longer be correct.

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Agnieszka on November 2nd, 2012 at 12:31 pm said:

Yeap, veeery geeky Nice to see, stupid to have ;p

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Alan S. Blue on November 2nd, 2012 at 3:28 pm said:

If you make something similar with “one QR per digit”, I’m thinking it might actually be human readable. That’s only ten patterns to lock in on pattern-recognition.

Perhaps one QR for the 24-hours would work as well. A color ‘sweep’ where the existing pixels are could eliminate the “minute” QR code entirely. That is – just one QR going from 0 to 23. And a band of color rotating like a minute hand that just affects the already lit pixels.

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Chris Whittington on November 3rd, 2012 at 11:18 am said:

Saying QR codes aren’t convenient because you need a scanner to read them is just plain silly. We have scanner-free codes. You are reading them now.

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Camden on November 3rd, 2012 at 4:36 pm said:

There is nothing ironic about QR codes… they are made to be machine readable, not human readable. Still, a very slick clock design.

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Durdle on November 5th, 2012 at 8:12 am said:

Reblogged this on RobDurdle.com and commented:
Amazing QC Clock… worthless for “real time” time telling, but wow, amazing

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