Tuesday, March 1, 2016

"Sweden is cool" by Julia Plummer pd 1

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In Sweden's first unstaffed food shop, all you need is a phone!


In a small town in Sweden, one man has come up with a brilliant idea! Robert Illjason has developed a convenience store without any employees. In order to access the store, customers download his app, and sign up for the service. To get into the store physically, customers open their app and request to enter. To buy an item, they scan it with their phone, and it charges their account. Since Sweden is such a beautiful country, there has been no burglary attempted on the store, but just in case, Robert has installed 6 security cameras, and an alert system on the app. The main problem, however, is helping older generations understand and use the technology needed to use the store. 

Technology is always an issue with older people, because they typically aren't as adept at understanding new products, or open to different things. This has always been the case, though, and with time, many people do open up to new technology. For example, the internet. At first, many people were struggling to understand the internet- how it works, why it's necessary, but eventually, they come around, and accept new technology and it's benefits. 




7 comments:

  1. Such imaginative things now possible in our current age!
    Matthew Taylor

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  2. Nicholas Godfrey Period 8:
    I love this! I love how in a small controlled area, people are able to be responsible enough to be trusted not to try to steal from this store!

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  3. I think this is a great idea. Now stores can be a little safer from burgleres.

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  4. Matthew Homsher 9th- It certainly helps take care of the line at the register.

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  5. I don't really understand the point of making a physical shopping experience all electronic. I think online shopping is a great thing, but what is the purpose of using an app when you are already in the store in person. Additionally, people could really use those cashier jobs. I think that this is more effort than it is worth.

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