Should computers evolve to read the environment we live in or should we change the environment to make it easier for machines to read? Barcodes and QR codes are ugly, Professor Steve Benford explains a different approach. EXTRA BITS - More on Barcodes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XdIuTr2uiM Virtual Machines : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIdVRB5yNsk http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Aestheticodes apps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.horizon.aestheticodes&hl=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aestheticodes/id703429621?mt=8 Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels