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Friday, September 06, 2019

Hand Scanning Payments at Whole Foods

Another payment simplification idea from Amazon.

Amazon Tests Tool That Scans Your Hand to Let You Pay at Whole Foods 
The Telegraph (U.K.)
By James Cook
September 4, 2019

Amazon is reportedly testing a hand-scanning payments system to enable shoppers to pay for groceries. Shoppers using the Orville system hold their hands before a camera; the system measures the size and shape of the hands to confirm their identity and allow the purchase to proceed. Amazon reportedly plans to implement the system in U.S. Whole Foods stores in the coming months (the retail giant bought the supermarket chain in 2017).  ... " 

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