Amazon is expanding its palm-scanning payment system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the company announced Wednesday, the first of many planned rollouts at other locations.
Amazon One, which debuted in September and is currently in use at about a dozen Amazon physical stores, allows shoppers to pay for items by placing their palm over a scanning device. The first time shoppers use the kiosk, they have to insert a credit card to link it with their palm print. But after that, shoppers can pay simply by holding their hand over the kiosk.
Amazon One is distinct from the company’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows shoppers to pick up items and walk out of the store without going through a checkout line. However the two technologies can work together, and Amazon employs them both at its cashierless Amazon Go stores.
Source: CNBC
Date: April 21st, 2021
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/amazon-whole-foods-getting-palm-scanning-payment-system.html
Discussion
- What are some pluses and minuses of this technology?
- In what other ways could you use this technology, and perhaps start a business around it?
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