I think what are you talking about are the Japanese QR codes - http://nfg.2y.net/games/jphonegames/v601shqrcode.s htm.
There is something similar being done here in the US (Canada) with 2D data matrices. Check out some of the stuff that Simon Woodside is doing with semacodes - http://semacode.org
I think what are you talking about are the Japanese QR codes - http://nfg.2y.net/games/jphonegames/v601shqrcode.s htm.
There is something similar being done here in the US (Canada) with 2D data matrices. Check out some of the stuff that Simon Woodside is doing with semacodes - http://semacode.org