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Heavy Shoppers, You Need the One Trip Grip Bag Holder to Save Your Fingers

One Trip Grip Grocery Bag Holder

Women (and men) who shop like there’s no tomorrow know the feeling of having fingers that ache like crazy from carrying too many shopping bags. It’s obviously not good at all for blood circulation, which is why they should thank their lucky stars for the One Trip Grip Bag Holder.…

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May 6th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Microsoft Kinect Helps You Pick the Right Clothes

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Trying on clothes in stores is a pain. For you and the store, since about 40% of clothing purchases are returned because they don’t fit right. Kinect to the rescue. The Kinect now officially does everything.…

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March 18th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Automated Shopping Cart: Most Awesome Kinect Project Yet?

Geeks have been doing all sorts of wild things with Microsoft Kinect sensor since Microsoft launched it. The Kinect for Windows sensor hasn’t been around as long as the original gaming sensor, but it already has one of the most awesome uses I’ve ever seen for anything Microsoft manufactured. What…

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February 28th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Apple Store App Knows if You are There to Pick Up

Not too long ago, Apple started to use iPads in its stores for giving the specs on all of its products. Apparently the app running the iPads also allows the shopper to press a virtual button to get assistance from a rep. The behind-the-scenes app that the Apple Store employees…

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November 28th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Malls Track Users by Their Mobile Phones

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I don’t like the idea of anyone tracking my whereabouts. I’m not militant about it like some folks, but I don’t like the idea of people knowing where I am if it’s none of their business. Two malls operated by Forest City Commercial Management – Promenade Temecula in Southern California…

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November 25th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

RFID Clothing Hangers Do the Selling in Japan

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Japan has some great retail shopping, which is why Teamlab of Japan designed some cool RFID-equipped clothing hangers. These smart hangers will help you find products and accessories that will match the garment or product you have in your hands.…

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October 18th, 2011 by: Range

Koreans Go Grocery Shopping, Virtually.

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In South Korea, there’s a new way to go shopping, and it doesn’t involve going to the store, or surfing the web. Instead, customers of Tesco’s Home plus stores get to shop in the subway station before they get home.…

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June 28th, 2011 by: Technabob

Breakfast-Making Robots: Short Circuit Cooks

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If you’re like me, you’d love some robot to prepare your breakfast, kind of like those crazy machines from Back to the Future…. While today’s robots are certainly smarter than Doc Brown’s jury-rigged breakfast maker, you might wonder how good the robot breakfast will be. From what I can

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June 13th, 2011 by: Range

Wi-GO Kinect-Powered Shopping Cart for Disabled Follows Your Every Move

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Luis de Matos of the Department of Informatics at the University of Beira Interior is working on a Kinect hack that could be commonplace within the next few years, whether the resulting product actually uses Kinect-like technology or not. Like most great ideas, de Matos’ Wi-GO project is simple –…

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June 6th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Fujitsu Enon Robot Gets Upgrade: Convinces You to Buy Stuff

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Fujitu’s latest service robot was deployed last year, but it seems to be doing well and you can now find them all over Japan.

ENON was exhibited at CEATEC in Japan last year. Ever since then, the robot has been selling well. The robot can be used as an information…

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January 11th, 2010 by: Range

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