China's automated convenience store, capsule gym, and cafe

[Martian2]

China is testing a prototype convenience store, capsule gym, and cafe without any employees.

The facilities are automated and self-serve.
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Unmanned facilities smartening people's life | China Daily (November 1, 2017)

 

[Martian2]

"Unmanned convenience stores in China
Published on Jul 26, 2017

High-tech automated convenience stores have entered Beijing and Shanghai. One of them, BingoBox, opened in Shanghai in early July this year. Customers scan QR codes to enter the store and select products, and then pay using their mobile WeChat wallets. Last week, unmanned convenience stores opened in many neighborhoods in Beijing. These stores use facial recognition to let customers enter after they upload a photo to register. They also let customers pay via WeChat. In addition, these stores have a microwave, a shared cell phone charger, a freezer, and a soy milk machine."
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An automated full retail store in China.

"Shopping in a smart way! An unmanned store opens in E China
Published on Aug 31, 2017

Chinese are shopping in a smart way! A peek of how facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence are applied in an unmanned store in east China's Nanjing city."

 

[Martian2]

French retail firm Auchan to open checkout-free shops in China | Xinhua (November 7, 2017)

"PARIS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Auchan, one of France's leading retail groups, announced Monday that it would open several hundred shops without checkout counters in China by the year-end.
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Every Auchan Minute will offer 500 products for sale 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Founded in 1961 by Gerard Mulliez, Auchan is France's second largest retail group after Carrefour."

 

[Götterdämmerung]

A convenient store, ok, undstandable. But a gym and a café without people? WTF? Aren't these places meant to be places to meet people and communicate?

In fact, the reason why I love to go to market places is that I like to have a small talk with them and after a period, we became familiar and they the vendors would give me an extra slice of cold cut or reserve for me something special for the weekend menu.

 

[shadows888]

A convenient store, ok, undstandable. But a gym and a café without people? WTF? Aren't these places meant to be places to meet people and communicate?

In fact, the reason why I love to go to market places is that I like to have a small talk with them and after a period, we became familiar and they the vendors would give me an extra slice of cold cut or reserve for me something special for the weekend menu.

don't you go to the gym to work out? I don't hit up random people at the gym... just focus on working out... which is the point of going to the gym.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

But a gym and a café without people? WTF? Aren't these places meant to be places to meet people and communicate?

don't you go to the gym to work out? I don't hit up random people at the gym... just focus on working out... which is the point of going to the gym.

Normally you're not supposed to do chat to people in the gym.

Especially if you are strength training. People usually have very limited time in their day in the gym and you have to make the most of it.

Once you start talking, your time will be up just like that and you won't have done much of anything strength wise.

 

[rambro]

Foresight at work, u got it all covered huh :3