Supermarkets of the Future | ABC News

whether you like it or not grocery shopping is one of those things that simply just has to get done and depending on the store the process really it could use some improvement and thankfully new technology could make that next trip down the aisle a little bit easier here's ABC's Gina trend attention shoppers the supermarket is about to get a high-tech makeover tech companies are working on ways to make your next trip down the aisles even more convenient check out these interactive smart shells they recognize when you point at an item and take it off the shelf cut the bag of pasta it will actually notice that it's the bag of pasta it's going to show all of the ingredients up there along with the allergens it will tell you the origin behind the scenes motion sensing cameras are at work in the checkout lane the jx7 scanner from data logic uses multiple cameras to scan groceries from all angles making checkout foolproof it doesn't matter what orientation that I put these on I can even read items that are facing the bottom so I can take this barcode and face it down we measure volume so in case I have a stacked item it will identify it to the user you could do this blindfolded it doesn't matter where you put it on or how you put it on over at Swedish company itab representatives are showing off the 2.0 version of conveyor belts Alex this is not any conveyor belt a smart conveyor belt right yeah it's a really smart conveyor belt how does it work it works by I don't find a barcode okay by scanning it placing it down on this infeed belt right which includes weighing system that weighing system can't be fooled either if I scan this yeah you can try it but you put down that on today yeah it doesn't go because it knows that this isn't on the conveyor belt so if I remove this one now it will let that part I guess wanna skip the checkout lane all together a new app appropriately named skip lets you scan barcodes as you shop pay on your phone and go it all adds up to a checkout that puts you in the virtual express lane Tina Trin ABC News New York you know I love my grocery store I spent quite 2 or 3 times a week at the grocery stores yeah and two or three times your paycheck probably in a right store you're right let's be there let's just enough power graphics department happy to have that photo ready and I do the good spam it's actually pasta and canned tuna visit empty and canned tomatoes I think it's bad

Channel: ABC News

Views: 99,331

Keywords: Supermarkets, Technology, Market, Lines, Apps

Id: hz0AfldiNbI

Length: 2min 26sec (146 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 09 2016