The Tales of Things website, which goes live this week, aims to take this idea into a new realm. It allows users to create an entry on the site for any object they like. A basic entry features an image and associated text, but audio, video and other content can also be added. The site then generates a unique two-dimensional barcode, known as a QR code, for the user to print off and attach to the object.(via Bruce Sterling: Beyond the Beyond)
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Linking objects with people's memories of those items could be one of the most interesting uses for the site, says Andrew Hudson-Smith of University College London, one of the five UK academic institutions behind the project. Museum curators have also expressed an interest in tagging their collections, he says.
US Customs and State Department issue more grossly overbroad restrictions
on behalf of another unfriendly authoritarian government, this time Pakistan
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The US State Department and its Cultural Heritage Center have again
deputized U.S. Customs and Homeland Security to enforce the export controls
of anot...
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