Amazon's First Automated Brick-and-Mortar Store Opens to the Public on Monday

Gizmodo ---------- Amazon’s first Amazon Go, a kind of grocery store without cashiers or a checkout line, will open to the public in Seattle on Monday in the first stage of an experiment that could usher in a new era of shopping. Go uses a network of cameras and sensors to dynamically monitor customers and automatically bill them for what they take out of the store via a smartphone app. It’s been in a form of beta testing for some time, but starting tomorrow, any customer will be able to just walk right in if they download and install the Amazon Go app. When we last saw this tech tested out in early 2017, Amazon was reportedly still working on some bugs—like the computers that run the store wigging out if too many customers entered the building, or they moved too fast inside the building, or if retail items got moved around on the shelves. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.