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You arrange the screens in the positions you want, and each one displays a QR code. You take a…",{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"Free standalone app with a commercial SDK","commenter",[64],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"5480991","mortenjorck","I really like the business model here: Free, simple standalone app that serves as a fun proof-of-concept, supported by a commercial SDK for the inevitable ideas you'll come up…",[69,76],{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"MongoDB","maker",[73],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"5484867","Among other things, yes!",{"value":77,"source":62,"evidence":78},"Web app",[79],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"5482465","paul9290","It's a web app indeed. That will work on Android in the future. 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