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I used to hate QR codes. But they're actually genius
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How do QR codes work? The checkerboard patterns taking over the world, demystified. Go to Saily.com/veritasium and use the code ‘veritasium’ to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.

Special thanks to Mashiro Hara and Yuki Watanabe.

00:00 I was wrong
00:49 How Morse Code revolutionized communication
03:57 How barcodes work
10:34 How QR codes store information
18:16 Why damaged QR codes still work
29:54 Why are QR codes so common?
31:21 How safe are QR codes?
32:25 The future of QR codes

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Vericode Symbol via Youtube - ve42.co/VericodeSymbol
Oreo introduces Sour Patch Kids cookies via YouTube - ve42.co/OreaSour
BSE - Changes in Behaviour via YouTube - ve42.co/BSE
QR Code with Drones | Firefly Drone Show via YouTube - ve42.co/DroneQRCode
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Damaged barcode 2, Midcom service group ve42.co/DamagedBarcode2
Oskana, G and Petkova, A. (2020 July 1). Testing a nano-barcodes marking technology for identification and protection of the mechanical products, Fig. 1 - ve42.co/MatrixCodes
NASA Celebrates 40 Years of the Voyager Mission via Nasa.gov - ve42.co/Voyager40Yr
Apollo footage via Nasa.gov - ve42.co/ApolloFootage
Snake in a QR code by MattKC via mattkc.com - ve42.co/SnakeQR
Scratched CD by Ice3yes via Reddit - ve42.co/ScratchedCD
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@veritasium

3 days ago

Go to saily.com/veritasium and use the code 'veritasium' to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase.

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@jennalee2452

3 days ago

God I love when I’m watching a YouTube video about the history of something and they bring on THE guy that did THE thing

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@sano-keiko

3 days ago

30:18 Correction: He said Tokkyo (特許 patent), not Tokyo.
The entire sentence is: We made the patent open to everyone, which made the QR code so popular.

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@ItIsJan

3 days ago

I stopped watching for 2 minutes and we went from error correction to 5 dimensional hyper cubes

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@jorusenpai

1 day ago

The part in 30:18 where the translation of what Mr. Hara said was "We decided to launch it in Tokyo..." is actually「特許オープンにした」which means "made it an open patent..." So he actually said "We realized that it was the right thing to do when we made it an open patent. And as a result, it spread widely and we think that it's really good."

I learn so much from your videos Derek! Thank you so much!

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@bigclivedotcom

3 days ago

Darn! I knew QR codes were clever, but the error correction is mind boggling.

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@CockerelOfficial

3 days ago

Veritasium: Here is how damaged codes work. It's pretty simple

Also Veritasium: Here's a 15 dimensional cube to explain this.

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@norlore5216

3 days ago

You missed the opportunity to post the link to this video as a QR code on your community page

Edit: He did it let’s goooooooo

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@ExBlaz3

1 day ago

Error correction is the purest form of magic that I've ever come across in mathematics. It's like that children's trick where you take someone's birthday, add, subtract, multiply and divide it with some numbers and then guessing the original number from the result. That, but taken several steps further. It's honestly magical to me every time I think about it.

P.S. I was gearing up to write a 'long video but still no full form of QR' comment but you unexpectedly blindsided me with it at the end. Well played, good sir.

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@mica_55

3 days ago

Are you kidding me.... I just spent two weeks researching how QR codes are made and implementing my own generator... and then days later you drop this , revealing all of my laboriously-gained arcane knowledge to the masses in half an hour.

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@mathITA

3 days ago

For those that are convinced that SOS is an acronym a quick Wikipedia search explains that, originally (in 1906), SOS was chosen because is easy to remember and to read. The idea that it is an acronym for "save our souls" or even "save our ship" emerged years later as a way to help in remembering it.
Fun fact, this phenomenon in which a meaning is invented for a sequence of letter is called a backronym

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@luca_6235

3 days ago

2:00 “…Breese Morse…” what a strange na… OH HE’S THAT ONE

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@Leslie-c8u3t

1 day ago

As a software engineer myself, I always appreciate learning about the intricacies of different encodings. I've learned how QR codes work before, but these videos add the stories to them that remind me of all the people behind these amazing technologies. This was a really cool video; thanks to everyone at Veritasium who made this (and all your amazing videos) possible!

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@pastek957

3 days ago

10:15 "In Go, you basically place stones at the intersections of lines"
12:40 Derek: mmh yes squares

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@hellvalkyrie5074

3 days ago

The Snake QR code guy is named MattKC and he has a has a YouTube channel. I’m sad you didn’t shout him out he has a lot of really cool stuff on there.
Edit: He added a shout out in an info card.

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@jaspermcjasper3672

3 days ago

3:06 - Not only did real-time DEcoding of Morse Code come as a surprise to Morse and manufacturers, but real-time ENcoding wasn't anticipated either. There many things that nobody thought humans could do until humans were doing it. The original intent with Morse was that you'd use the codebook to translate the message's letters (and maybe some punctuation) into dots and dashes, then completely lay out the message using metal slugs (short ones for dots, long ones for dashes) in a rack or on a drum. With the message already composed, you'd step up to the wires and turn a switch that would turn on a slow-turning drum at the telegraph wires' other end.

That drum was coated with paper or something similar, and a pencil (or something similar) was pointed perpendicular to the drum's circular surface, towards the drum's axis. The switch's current also rang a bell at the receiving station, to tell someone to be sure to have paper on the drum for a soon-to-be-incoming message. The pencil was held by electromagnets (or something similar) so that with current applied (miles away), the pencil would be pressed into the paper on the drum, and when the current was interrupted, the pencil would rapidly retract.

Then the sender would run their rack (or drum) of dots and dashes over the contacts, which, miles away, completed the circuit around the pencil and caused it to write long and short marks (the dashes and dots), separated by empty white space, on the drum's paper. People at the receiving end would then use the code-sheet to change the drum's paper's dots and dashes back into letters.

At the time of Morse code's inception, nobody knew that the process of changing letters into dots-and-dashes at the sending-station and the process of changing dots-and-dashes back into letters at the receiving-station would soon be done without cheat-sheets by people who could do it entirely in their head, FROM MEMORY of the code-sheet, and IN REAL TIME, which made sending a Morse message more like talking back and forth and less like typesetting a broadside for a printing-press.

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@BeautifulAaliyahAustin-z1s

1 day ago

As a software engineer myself, I always appreciate learning about the intricacies of different encodings. I've learned how QR codes work before, but these videos add the stories to them that remind me of all the people behind these amazing technologies. This was a really cool video; thanks to everyone at Veritasium who made this (and all your amazing videos) possible!

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@りり鹿

3 days ago

30:18 miss translation bro
(Japanese)「いわゆる特許をオープンにしたことで...」
(English)”We decided to launch it in Tokyo..." -> "Because we made the patent open for everyone to use...”

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@warrenhe9871

2 days ago

12:05 I just scanned the QR code out of curiosity LOL
Version 1: I'm the OG
Version 2: I'm a bog-standard QR code

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@shaileshrana7165

3 days ago

I got teary eyed hearing the painter's name. He lost the love of his life and dedicated his life to solve the problem that cause him heartburn. A grieving man knows no rest.

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