10 July 2007

No Food for Replicants

Biometric grocery shopping has come to Dayton.

...customers entering the store can either use the finger scan or swipe a card to receive a printout of personalized product discounts. And at check-out, customers can pay via the finger scan, and debit the amount from a checking account.

Biometrics is a burgeoning field. Probably a good investment if you've got extra money under your mattress. Learn more from this BusinessWeek article.

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