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QRpedia
QRpedia is a mobile Web-based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Wikimedia UK (WMUK).
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, a Wikipedia volunteer, coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is currently in use at museums and other institutions
The New Art Gallery Walsall
- Different monuments in Prague 10
- Skopje Zoo, Macedonia, using a mixed approach of ordinary QR-codes and QRpedia codes
- St Paul's Church, Birmingham
QRpedia also has uses outside of such institutions. For example, the Occupy movement uses it on campaign posters.
Award.
In January 2012, QRpedia was one of four projects (from 79 entrants) declared the most innovative mobile companies in the UK of 2011 by the Smart UK Project, and thus chosen