High-tech Barcodes for Cameras

The iPad paintbrush, Zagat does food trucks, high-tech barcodes and more in this week's look at the web

While we’re all familiar with various forms of traditional barcodes and the attempts that have been made to read them with a mobile device, a group of student from MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group have developed a super high-tech bar code to be read specifically by cameras. The Bokode utilizes the Bokeh effect, creating a tiny barcode that users can scan from up to …

Pop Up Park Opens in Nolita

The iPad paintbrush, Zagat does food trucks, high-tech barcodes and more in this week's look at the web

Transforming a gallery, this indoor park—complete with see-saw, a pond and grass—offers a respite to the current wintery slog in Manhattan.

Magic mirror can monitor health

The iPad paintbrush, Zagat does food trucks, high-tech barcodes and more in this week's look at the web

Students in the Harvard- MIT Health Sciences and Technology program developed a mirror that helps keep you health-conscious. The device can read you blood pressure, respiration rate and pulse just by glancing into it so you can see your life stats while you brush.