If you have a desire for impulsive spending, it seems you have to 'be careful' with this new invention. A number of German scientists created a gadget that allows pedestrians to shop without having to set foot into the store. Yes, the gadget was introduced at the CeBIT event, the world's largest annual technology exhibition in Hanover. This device uses multiple infrared cameras to read a person's hand movements and instantly send them into an interactive display in shop windows.
Pedestrians just stay standing approximately three feet from the window of the store and pointed to an item of their choice by accessing the menu on the television screen that displays them in the form of three-dimensional, complete with price list, color and availability of goods. To purchase the desired goods, customers move the arrow on the screen to the cashier icon, click it and complete the purchase process by attaching the phone to the glass.
"Its use is safe, easy and of course can be accessed at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Paul Chojecki, scientists from the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin, who developed this gadget. "For some time, interactive shopping activity is operating standards on the internet. Now, we move this technology to the pedestrian shopping area, where the device is fully behind the window," added Chojecki.
"This system does not store any personal data and only the coordination of body parts that are detected are forwarded to the visualization," he concluded. This device allegedly has a price of less than 100 pounds in the next two years, when the stores all over the world ready to use the gadget.
Pedestrians just stay standing approximately three feet from the window of the store and pointed to an item of their choice by accessing the menu on the television screen that displays them in the form of three-dimensional, complete with price list, color and availability of goods. To purchase the desired goods, customers move the arrow on the screen to the cashier icon, click it and complete the purchase process by attaching the phone to the glass.
"Its use is safe, easy and of course can be accessed at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Paul Chojecki, scientists from the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin, who developed this gadget. "For some time, interactive shopping activity is operating standards on the internet. Now, we move this technology to the pedestrian shopping area, where the device is fully behind the window," added Chojecki.
"This system does not store any personal data and only the coordination of body parts that are detected are forwarded to the visualization," he concluded. This device allegedly has a price of less than 100 pounds in the next two years, when the stores all over the world ready to use the gadget.
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