Yes the fully automated supermarket without any staff has arrived – well in Sweden at least.
Under the system you scan each purchase using your mobile phone so first off you have to register and download an app where you identify yourself using BankID, a Swedish ID solution used by banks over there.
That way you can be identified and will be allowed access only if you have no history of credit issues.
Ah but what happens if the systems gets a virus or suddenly goes haywire?
On that score we just don’t know, but I think I’d rather deal with real people.
This afternoon, Margaret Mills took us on a journey to Layer Marney Hall in Colchester.
Listen again to what Margaret said by clicking on the link below: –
See you next week,
Scott