How smart can MetroCards become?

October 15, 2009 — admin

Use your MetroCard to buy coffee, groceries or gas. This could be the future when the MTA introduces a no-swipe smart card system, which is expected by 2014. New MTA chief Jay Walder helped create London’s popular no-contact Oyster card and is looking to create a variation of it here.

There are a lot of possibilities to consider.
One versatile option is used in cities like Hong Kong, Singapore and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan where riders use their transit cards to shop at convenience and grocery stores, cafes and gas stations.

Neysa Pranger, spokesperson for Regional Plan Association, thinks it’s likely that New Yorkers can look forward to a similar system here.

Source: metro.us

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Shopping with the Smart Cart: DigInfo

October 8, 2009 — admin

Fujitsu have upgraded their Smart Cart system using the latest in wireless technology. Using the IC chip within a mobile phone as a customer loyalty card, the system can display a range of personalized information. It can also display the carts location in the store and using RFID technology keep a record of the items in the shopping cart.

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IBM SmartStore Commercial

June 18, 2009 — admin

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A smart cash register from Intel

January 8, 2009 — admin

Mixing real life shopping with the Internet’s “up-selling” capabilities, Intel’s cash register is able to recognize you and give Amazon-esque recommendations, based on things you’ve purchased in the past.

Frog Design is responsible for the hardware: making this 3-touchscreen terminal work with Intel’s newest processors. The touchscreen works in concert with RFID cards and salespeople .

Naturally, a smart cash register like this one doesn’t come cheap, so in order to cut down on costs and energy, these kiosk will be made of energy efficient LCD screens and processors. Moreover, these cash registers will automatically put themselves to sleep when they are not in use, cutting down on 90% of energy usage.

Though Intel conceived of the machine, it’s not getting into the point of sale business. This prototype won’t go into production. Instead, it is meant to highlight a new direction for retail terminals — made possible (naturally) by the chipmaker’s newest processors. “We wanted to show the future,” says Ryan Parker, of Intel’s Embedded Computing Division. “And people don’t like looking at motherboards.”

Sources: i.gizmodo.com yankodesign.com blog.wired.com

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Retail vision, logistics, & supplies in 2030

October 16, 2008 — admin

Perspectives for Food in 2030 by Dr. Gerd Wolfram – Managing Director MGI METRO Group Information Technology

A vision for the future of retailing by Metro Group.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2007/food2030/docs/food-2030-gerd-wolfram_en.pdf [pdf]

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Smart Info Terminal from Future Store

October 2, 2008 — admin

Interactive terminals and tasting stations turn daily shopping into an experience to savor. Terminals offer additional information like detailed nutritional values, seasonal recipes, and videos. Customers can also check the precise origin of products, breeding methods, and packaging. For quick navigation the Information Terminal is connected to the Everywhere Display –a projector which shows the way to any desired product via an image display on the floor.

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Is this how we will shop in a couple of years?

September 4, 2008 — admin

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Smart Check Out

August 28, 2008 — admin

What will payment systems in shops look like in the future.

This video shows us how it should work.

When this level of service is mainstream, will we laugh when we look back to today, when every item needed to be scanned separately? You be the judge.

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(NFC) to generate $75bn worth of payments

July 17, 2008 — admin

By 2013 one in five mobile phones will ship with a near field communication (NFC) RFID chip for relatively low value purchases (such as refreshments, tickets and food), according to the latest projection from Juniper Research. The firm cited standards developments as removing a barrier to adoption, though NFC use is expected to be light through 2009.

Highlights from the report include:

  • Global annual gross transaction value will grow over 5 times between 2011 and 2013
  • 2009 will see limited numbers of NFC devices shipped (except in the Far East & China region) but the market will begin to ramp up from 2010 onwards and by 2013 20%, or 1 in 5 phones shipped, will possess NFC capability.
  • The top 3 regions (Far East & China, North America and W. Europe) will represent nearly 90% of the $75bn p.a. market (by gross transaction value) by 2013.

The report provides six year regional forecasts of NFC mobile payments for physical goods, providing data on device shipments, subscriber take-up, transaction sizes and volumes as well as detailed case studies from companies pioneering in this market.

Whitepapers and further details of the study, “Mobile Payment Markets: Contactless NFC 2008-2013” can be freely downloaded from juniperresearch.com.

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