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Sep 22, 2026 16 min

The Penguin Barcode - Computerphile

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Should computers evolve to read the environment we live in or should we change the environment to make it easier for machines to read? Barcodes and QR codes are ugly, Professor Steve Benford explains a different approach.EXTRA BITS - More on Barcodes : http://youtu.be/2XdIuTr2uiMVirtual Machines : http://youtu.be/GIdVRB5yNskhttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerAestheticodes apps:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.horizon.aestheticodes&hl=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aestheticodes/id703429621?mt=8Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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