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Credit & Copyright: Kaywa QR Code Generator (Free)
Explanation:
This communication was not meant for human eyes.
It was not even meant for
aliens eyes.
It's an attempt to communicate directly with your
smartphone.
Cameras on many smartphones can image the above
Quick Response (QR) code and then
common applications can tell you what it means.
Sometimes the deciphered code will reveal a web site address, prompting the smartphone
to then ask you if you want to access this address to learn more about the object.
QR codes are two-dimensional analogs of
bar codes that can be scanned
in any orientation and tolerate several types of
errors.
These codes are being used increasingly as
doors between real
objects and web-based information about those objects, and so are popping up increasingly
in
unexpected
places.
Anyone can create a QR code from any of
several
free
online
services, print it out, and affix it to an object.
Although not meant to
communicate with aliens, QR codes employ several attributes
common to
famous alien communication attempts.
Can you -- or a local smartphone -- figure out
what the above QR code means?
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day