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QR codes are two dimensional "quick response" codes that can be easily read by mobile devices like smartphones and camera-enabled media players.

If you've passed through Waterloo station today, the likelihood is that you've already spotted the giant M&S Valentine's Day billboard. Hopefully, you will have experienced Katya - the model on the billboard - come to life by downloading a Smartphone app called 'Aurasma Lite', and received a little extra Valentine's Day inspiration whilst making your commute!

A Kickstarter project that launched this week wants to put a mic on your wrist, for constant audio monitoring, in a twist on the wearable tech and quantified self movement. The Kapture, as it's called, pairs with an iOS and Android smartphone app that allows for quick sharing of audio clips recorded by the hardware wristband, which is constantly recording audio to a 60 second, recycling buffer.

After weeks of speculation and rumors, Google has officially pulled back the curtain on what they have come to call Project Glass - a pair of augmented reality glasses that seek to provide users real-time information right in front of their eyes.

PlaceWhisper is designed to be a platform that puts you in control of creating your own located content experiences to share with others. There's a huge range of possibilities for what you could create, and over the next couple of weeks we're going to take a look at some examples of what you could create and share with your friends and the world using PlaceWhisper. First up - a personal guide to where you live.