They said it was for your convenience
Amazon has just introduced its "Just Walk Out" technology into a full-size 25,000 square foot Amazon Fresh grocery store. The system uses overhead cameras, pressure sensitive-shelves, and biometric data to determine what customers put in their carts. The new store will be open on June 17 in Bellevue, Washington.
"Bringing Just Walk Out technology to a full-size grocery space with the Amazon Fresh store in Bellevue showcases the technology's continued ability to scale and adapt to new environments and selection. I'm thrilled it'll help even more customers enjoy an easier and faster way to shop and can't wait to get their feedback on this latest Just Walk Out offering," Amazon's vice president of Physical Retail and Technology, Dilip Kumar, said, according to The Verge.
The store will give customers two options when they arrive. Their first choice will be to go with a traditional checkout option. But if customers decide they would rather Just Walk Out, they can enter the store one of two ways, first, by scanning a QR code in the Amazon app followed by inserting a credit or debit card. Or they can utilize the Just Walk Out feature by scanning their palm when they enter.
What the fuck could go wrong? If you can't trust Jeff Bezos who can you trust. I mean his clone
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They’ve had this for awhile. I was on a plane a couple years ago seated next to an Amazon guy. He was telling me all about the ‘test’ store where the Amazonians shopped and just walked out.
I don’t think they anticipated a complete disregard for law and order in the last few months.
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It is the holy grail of advertiser content to sell
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The palm scan is new, the rest has been around for a couple years now.PurpleThrobber said:They’ve had this for awhile. I was on a plane a couple years ago seated next to an Amazon guy. He was telling me all about the ‘test’ store where the Amazonians shopped and just walked out.
I don’t think they anticipated a complete disregard for law and order in the last few months.
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Pretty sure at that point it was a card or chip in the wallet.alumni94 said:
The palm scan is new, the rest has been around for a couple years now.PurpleThrobber said:They’ve had this for awhile. I was on a plane a couple years ago seated next to an Amazon guy. He was telling me all about the ‘test’ store where the Amazonians shopped and just walked out.
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Does the palm scan detect poop or pee?
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@obk is going to enjoy this thread.
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Are they going to be Whole Foods stores? I know Amazon bought them awhile back. Most are in affluent areas and had single entrances which makes it harder to steal.PurpleThrobber said:They’ve had this for awhile. I was on a plane a couple years ago seated next to an Amazon guy. He was telling me all about the ‘test’ store where the Amazonians shopped and just walked out.
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Fuck this. I’ll stick to my debit card
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I really don't care if people steal the whole damn store
Interesting thats the takeaway
That kind of surveillance tech with the ability to adapt isn't staying in the store kids -
What options do they have for guys to fill up a trash bag of stuff and ride out on a bike?
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They might be skipping San Francisco. Don't even need to slide seafood into your pants.
