An incredible creation by the Kraay Family Farm in Lacombe, Alberta has been declared a Guinness Book of World Record holder for the “World’s Largest QR Code”. The Farm has a storied history of creating beautifully elaborate corn maze art including an original piece done annually to commemorate or celebrate many things including the Edmonton Oilers or Rick Hansen.
One of the major criteria for the Guinness Record was that the actual physical code would have to work; meaning that in order to capture the entirety of the project the family chartered a helicopter to fly hundreds of feet above the maze. Video was then taken of the code being scanned by a smartphone and successfully leading to a website. Measuring at approximately 29,000 meters, the scanned code leads to the family’s website – Kraay Family Farm, a nice touch for the creative artists and world record holders.
According to family member Rachel Kraay, the idea for a QR code came from the perusal of a regular magazine which happened to feature several QR codes for various advertising. Noticing that the code in essence resembled a maze-like structure the idea stuck with Kraay and drove the project to success.
“It was something that we didn’t think would happen. There were a lot of little things we had to do and Guinness is pretty picky with how you collect your evidence. We were a little bit on edge on whether it would come through so we were very relieved and very excited,” said Kraay
Congratulations to Kraay Family Farms on their Guinness record and in achieving their goal.
SOURCE: Engadget
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