This week, we are talking about technology options. Sometimes, the most advanced technologies may not always be the best solution to a problem. The future has arrived. Amazon-Go is no longer a prototype. It’s a store – you walk in, shop, leave. The same types of technologies found in self-driving cars, such as computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning, are used to detect when products are chosen or returned to the shelves and keep track of items in your virtual cart. While this is extremely fascinating, let's look at a startup called Caper. Using much simpler existing technologies, this company provides a comparable shopping experience which customers are used to – minus the hassle of having to check-out.
