My idea, a long time ago, was to have the scanner on the cart. When you put an item in the cart it knows it, if you take it out it knows that too. Put your card in the reader built onto the cart, walk out of store. I can’t believe nobody has developed that yet. You only have to handle items once, not load, unload onto conveyor, load back into cart.
Walmart tried that using a scanner like the associates use. You picked up the scanner at the front of the store and scanned the items as you placed them in the cart.
That lasted about a month at one Walmart before it was removed.
“I can’t believe nobody has developed that yet.”
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I believe that type of cart is used in Japan.
It’s a joy to view different videos about technology around the world, and on one I saw a very large new store.
Completely automated as far as sales go. You put the item in the card and somehow it scans it.
In Sweden, I believe they have apps on phones that will scan everything in the cart.
Both clips related how everything, EVERYTHING is read; no shoplifting.
Neat.