Have you had enough of rude supermarket employees? Not to worry, as in several years they may be obsolete. A smart shopping cart created by Lithuanians will revolutionise retail market – supermarkets will no longer need big cash registers or cashiers, www.delfi.lt reports.
“Smart shopping carts are for the future, because neither the stores nor the market are ready for that yet. However, the time for development is suitable,” Edvinas Baublys, the founder and the head of ‘Acorn Intelligence’, said about his invention.
Working together with three colleagues, Baublys intends to offer smart solutions for retailers.
“The cart’s novelty is that it does all the actions currently carried out by cashiers,” said the head of the Company.
According to Baublys, the new cart automatically scans items that are put inside it. No cash registers will be needed either as it is possible to pay using the cart.
“So, no cash register or cashier will be needed. The cart becomes a cash register on wheels,” he said.
Still, in order for the cart to work as planned, items have to be marked, not using ordinary barcodes, but with electronic labels scanned by radio frequency and not optically.
Special antennas for shopping carts have been created. They scan only those items which are put in the cart.
Source: the Lithuania Tribune - Delfi.lt