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They really need to get the near field communications stuff in there - eventually you should be able just push your basket, yourself and your wallet/phone throu
by moocow01 15y ago
They really need to get the near field communications stuff in there - eventually you should be able just push your basket, yourself and your wallet/phone through a scanner and everything gets tallied and charged.
- thebigshane 15y agoI would like to see how this scanner tells the difference between a plum and a nectarine. Or stack of DVDs ranging from $9.99 to $19.99. This seems incredibly complicated with the existing "throw all of your groceries in the cart" process. I think that it would much easier (and cheaper all around) to design a warehouse where you give a computer your list and robot goes to the back and to fulfill your order.
- moocow01 15y agoThe products would have tags like they do today but would be NFC tags unique to the product. Fill up your basket - push it through the designated scanner and you've got a list of the items in the basket.
- bdunbar 15y agoThat would not work very well with fresh vegetables and fruits: what people like varies a great deal, as does the quality on the shelf. Case in point: my wife adores green bananas: can't abide them after they begin ripen. How do you tell a robot picker 'only pick the florescent green ones, please'?
- sopooneo 15y agoI think the ideal is even simpler. You just go in, take what you want, and leave. The exit is the scanner.