Navigate the Library via Barcode

Libraries have terrible maps; supermarkets and department stores have bad signage; all of them have a built-in system for navigation that we don’t use: barcodes.

That’s the argument of researchers Simon Robinson, Jennifer Pearson, and Matt Jones from the Future Interaction Technology Lab at Swansea University. They’ve come up with a way to use barcodes and library call numbers for indoor navigation (here’s the whole PDF).

Bookmap

Read the full article @ Gizmodo.com.

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