Invention
The QR code system was invented in 1994 by Toyota's subsidiary, Denso Wave. Its purpose was to track vehicles during manufacture; it was designed to allow high-speed component scanning. It has since become one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes.
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Famous quotes containing the word invention:
“Correspondences are like smallclothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“Out of countless memories, invention selects a few that become “the story of my life.””
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The real writer is one
who really writes. Talent
is an invention like phlogiston
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Work is its own cure. You have to
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