I think this is really cool and practical…
Customers of the German supermarket chain EDEKA in the southwest German town of Ruelzheim have been able to pay for their shopping by a fingerprint-pay-system for some time now.
And the company plans to equip more of its stores across the region with this technology.
And the company plans to equip more of its stores across the region with this technology.
According to Roland Fitterer, the store manager, customers need to register once with their identity card and bank details, then they can shop straight away. The scanner compares the shopper’s fingerprint with those stored in its database along with account details.
[More: Heise Online]
I love cool technology like this that makes life easier and somehow safer for people.
[Via: AquaCool]
Still, it is invasive. Next thing,they’ll take your fingerprint when you enter the shop.
Have you noticed how many of the new gadgets and “inventions” are actually in the service of the mighty, and yet they work hard to convince you it’s for your good alone.
I wrote about one of those here:
http://timeintelaviv.blogspot.com/2004/11/planet-sauvage.html
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Yeah I know what you mean.
And I guess you could say that techonology is somehow a sword with 2 edges, you can’t win some without losing some.
For technology, sometimes you have to pay some privacy, sometimes a bit of your freedom, …etc.
It sucks, but that’s how it is.
For example, mobile phones are practical when you need to use them, but they’re a pain in the neck when you don’t want to and people keep calling you.
I guess it’s just up to the person to draw the line that he’s not willing to let technology cross over in his life.