Using QR Codes to Preserve Identity

Using QR Codes to Preserve Identity - Quick Response (QR) codes, those little black-and-white boxes of pixels that encode links and information, are popping up everywhere these days. Taking advantage of the codes' ability to capture and obscure data, Los Angeles-based Chilean artist Guillermo Bert has found another creative use of QR technology -- he's using the bar codes to preserve the identity and traditions of the Mapuche, Chile's largest indigenous population.

(Via Wired Top Stories.)