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Where Innovation Begins.
Where Curiosity Leads.

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We are curious about how breakthrough technologies were invented.

ORBIT stands for “Origins of Revolutionary Breakthroughs in Technology.”

 

ORBIT LAB is a student-led collective at the University of Toronto dedicated to exploring how innovation emerges and how knowledge evolves.

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THE ORIGIN OF QR CODE

Masahiro Hara was inspired to invent the QR code by his love of board games, particularly the game Go. He was intrigued by the way black and white stones were arranged on the grid-like board and how easily the eye could distinguish patterns and positions. This visual structure gave him the idea to create a two-dimensional code that could be quickly scanned from any direction.

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