in a sea of endless anecdotal reactions to this thoroughly-discussed situation, why, exactly, is this random blogger's lament of note? and why is the main image of a young woman's ass?
Anecdotally, I have been impressed by the RFID system the the Decathlon sports store uses. Used it myself and it works a treat. Throw all your items into a bucket, tap your payment card on the normal card machine (or use apple or google pay), collect your stuff and walk out.
The technology isn't even that fancy. Each item has a very cheap radio frequency id tag in it which has a unique number. If that doesn't work there is a handheld barcode scanner (which I've never had to use). A successful payment marks the specific item in a database (probably in-store) so the scanners at the entrance don't set off an alarm when you leave. You don't have to download an app or have an account with anyone. It doesn't need AI, special cameras, weight scales or offshore workers to run.
Anecdotally, I have been impressed by the RFID system the the Decathlon sports store uses. Used it myself and it works a treat. Throw all your items into a bucket, tap your payment card on the normal card machine (or use apple or google pay), collect your stuff and walk out.
The technology isn't even that fancy. Each item has a very cheap radio frequency id tag in it which has a unique number. If that doesn't work there is a handheld barcode scanner (which I've never had to use). A successful payment marks the specific item in a database (probably in-store) so the scanners at the entrance don't set off an alarm when you leave. You don't have to download an app or have an account with anyone. It doesn't need AI, special cameras, weight scales or offshore workers to run.
Here is a random article about it: https://www.nfcw.com/2019/03/19/362056/decathlon-adds-rfid-t...