From interactive pens to walking screens...
By Julian Goldsmith, 15 February 2008 16:51
The Barclaycard Business stand featured this standalone payment kiosk.
The kiosk in itself isn't a new innovation, but it does feature a Wave & Pay point for near field communication payment cards.
Photo credit: Julian Goldsmith
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1. misceng
Tesco may have 7000 tablets to aid picking but this does not stop them failing to pick the items people want. EG In local store Hovis wholemeal thick bread was stocked but the tray was always empty of near empty because customers bought it. The cure was to stop stocking it. On Sunday they had 10 different varieties of chips in vast quantities but no roast potatoes. The device they need is one which tells which items are missing from the shelves.
2. Christopher Lambert
Wireless Pen is a nice idea, but given the speed at what the staff at my local supermarket write at it might still be quicker to key it in.