QR codes help track lost school property

When Spencer Sheedy's son lost his $250 school blazer, it was the last straw. Fed up with his two kids constantly losing their school possessions, he and wife Rita have set up My Lost Property. But these are not just stickers and iron-on labels. As well as the child's name, they also contain the unique innovation of a QR (quick response) code which can be scanned, logging the item and its location and texting the parents to arrange pick-up. Mr Sheedy initially created the stickers for his two children. Soon, he was making keyrings, stickers and labels for friends before the idea for a business struck