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Grocery stores have spent a lot of money getting us to scan and bag our own groceries. Inevitably, I end up behind someone who can’t figure out the technology, so any gain in time from DIY is lost. Luddites aside, the other problem with self-checkout is produce. It can take forever trying to pick the right version of, for example, an apple. It would be much easier if the machine could identify them for you. According to Yuriko Nagano, Toshiba is working on just that.
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