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  • Do long queues at checkout counters of a grocery store annoy you?

  • It might change, Forever!

  • A few days ago Amazon opened its first Amazon Go Store for its employees in Seattle.

  • Amazon Go is an 1,800 square feet futuristic store that has no cashiers, no registers and no checkout counters!

  • People can simply walk into the store, pick up the things they want and just walk out!

  • A virtual cart is automatically updated as a product is picked up and when the shopper walks out of the store

  • amazon automatically charges for the products they brought out with them.

  • So, How does it all work?

  • Amazon Go uses a variety of sensors and Algorithms to make a seamless no-checkout store a reality.

  • Amazon named the JUST WALK OUT technology.

  • To use the service, the shopper needs an Amazon account and a smartphone with the Amazon Go app installed on it.

  • The entrance of the store has a scanner that the users need to scan their unique QR code on.

  • This tells the system that the shopper is inside the store.

  • Now comes to mind-blowing part!

  • Once inside the store, as soon as a shopper lifts a product off the shelf,

  • it is automatically added to the shopper's virtual cart.

  • Put it back there and the poduct is removed.

  • This is done using an advanced network of computer vision, sensors, deep machine learning and artificial intelligence.

  • It can detect which product is removed or put back on the shelf

  • and who is putting them on or off using facial recognition technology.

  • Once you've added all the products you want, there's no need to queue up at a billing counter.

  • All you need to do is just walk out of the store!

  • The amount, equivalent to all the products you took from the shelves

  • will automatically be deducted and transfered to Amazon and an e- receipt will be automatically sent to you.

  • Amazon Go gives us a glimpse of what the future grocery stores might look like.

  • The first Amazon Go store will be open for public from early 2017.

Do long queues at checkout counters of a grocery store annoy you?

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