Walmart invites you to “Be Your Own Model” and buy more clothes!
As discretionary spending falls, the company is trying to lure customers into buying more of its clothes. Central to achieving this goal is the use of a digital tool that enables shoppers to try on clothes virtually. They can view the clothes on one of the 120 models that looks most like them. Alternatively, they can send their own picture, and the tool will scan their body and show […]
Motional and Lyft have teamed up to offer Las Vegas patrons an autonomous ride-hail experience.
Lyft divested its autonomous vehicle unit in 2021, but has continued to invest in ways to incorporate the technology.
Free rides continue this year, with drivers behind the wheel just in case. The full driverless ride is on track to become available in 2023.
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Ford is developing a robot charging station as a hands-free charging solution for electric and autonomous vehicles.
The hands-free charging solution is especially attractive to disabled electric vehicle drivers who can operate the charging with a smartphone from inside the car or leave the car with the robots to charge up their vehicle.
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Self-serve stores are becoming more commonplace. We shared in an earlier post that Amazon Go was one of the first implementations of this concept.
Amazon has continued to expand the self-serve store concept in several Whole Food stores utilizing its “Just Walk Out” technology.
Amazon isn’t alone. A variety of companies are offering the technology to create a self-serve store. However, most of these stores or applications are in larger cities.
One problem many small towns face is a lack of […]