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minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoNearfield (NFC) was supposed to do this. I was supposed to be able to fill a cart and just push it out the store and be charged.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoYeah I remember an at in the 90s of rolling a shopping cart without scanning and here we are 30 years on… Still scanning…
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoWell, it’s not NFC but Amazon has some convenience stores that can do it, I think there’s a limit on the number of items though. I can just imagine a shopping cart full of NFC transceivers screaming out there serial numbers simultaneously.
Nearfield (NFC) was supposed to do this. I was supposed to be able to fill a cart and just push it out the store and be charged.
Yeah I remember an at in the 90s of rolling a shopping cart without scanning and here we are 30 years on… Still scanning…
Well, it’s not NFC but Amazon has some convenience stores that can do it, I think there’s a limit on the number of items though.
I can just imagine a shopping cart full of NFC transceivers screaming out there serial numbers simultaneously.