The Council of Agriculture in Taiwan announced that it will set into motion three major certifying criteria, namely, Traceability Agricultural Product (TAP), Organic Traceability Agricultural Product (OTAP) and Quality Traceability Agricultural Product (UTAP), starting from today (June 14, 2007).

It plans to integrate all certifying criteria currently used in the market into these three major certifying criteria by 2010 and advance the policy of safety agriculture on all fronts. The certifying criteria including product name, package date, traceability number, traceability website and 2D barcode on the label.

This label is the production and sales record which can be scanned using a camera mobile phone with decoder. You may also enter the traceability number at Taiwan Agriculture and Food Traceability System TAFT website and the production record of a product will be displayed. It is enable consumers to judge by the 2D barcode and trace the production and marketing process of a certain product to ensure product safety.

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There is a billboard with 2D barcode in the community garden of SHIBUYA, Japan. The billboard is used to recruit volunteers to plant flowers during different periods of time. Volunteers can get coupons from community coffee shop. People scan the barcode to get the detailed information and to sign up. It is a very creative idea, isn’t it!

Source：http://www3.to/shibuhana

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People are playing "Taiko Drum Master" of NAMCO by scanning 2D barcode.

The game rules are on mobile web pages.

Scores can be downloaded using mobile 2D barcode when the game is over.

Remember to scan the mobile 2D barcode to downloaded, otherwise it would be extremely time consuming, because the password for downloading score is "kehisumuniimerinegotosesabenibochiranadobisa".

Source: http://tb.donews.net/TrackBack.aspx?PostId=1064156

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According to the report of "Computing of UK". Electronic barcodes are to replace magnetic strip boarding passes by 2010. By 2010 UK airline passengers could be checking in and boarding flights using an electronic barcode transmitted to their mobile phone, industry experts predict. Airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are considering mobile technology as an alternative to traditional magnetic strip-based boarding passes. International Air Transport Association (Iata) spokesman Eric Leopold says barcode boarding passes, both printed and on mobile phones, will replace magnetic strip-based boarding passes. 'We believe some UK airlines will have mobile phone check-in capability by 2008, and magnetic strip boarding passes will be replaced by 2010,' he said. The technology is already in place at some international airports. At Tokyo and Peking, passengers register their fingerprint for security purposes and a barcode acting as the boarding pass is sent directly to their phone.

Source: http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2164144/airlines-look-mobile-phone

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