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Tomorrow's vending machines may scan your face

2012-01-23
hi I'm Bridget Carey with cnet TV here at the National Retail Federation show in New York City where the big tech news isn't about what cell phone or tablet's coming out it's about what tech is going to end up in your mall so can this tech actually make your shopping experience any better we're going to take a look and see this is a company called face taking a product called swivel that lets you virtually try on just about anything whether it's in a store or even at your house here on the side different categories like ties and formal wear I'm wearing a scarf right now how about let's put on a wedding dress and it will custom to you as I walk around it adjusts and you can even get an all-in-one look instantly now if you saw this in a store you certainly couldn't ignore it this is the plan our look through LCD screen here they have it in front of a fridge and it's simply a PowerPoint presentation on a computer screen pretty cool let's say next time you go into a drugstore and you want to ask what I'll the hemorrhoid cream is but you don't want to actually say that to somebody will you might want to ask her the 10 state or virtual assistant even self checkout machines have gotten a tech boost here's a machine you could be seen the u.s. in April instead of having to find where the bar code is and scan it yourself you stick it through the conveyor belts and the digital imager will be able to just see what the product is it can tell its fruit loops by the image of toucan sam here's a new concept that Macy's is trying out with their help from Intel if you ever go to macys there's a lot of different makeup counters how about going to one screen that will just give you a suggestion all the different brands that might work for you so it can even go by the type of skin you have or even the look you want tonight maybe I want to go for a glam look and it will provide suggestions and also give you a printout of all the products you selected also with intel crack is working on these vending machines of tomorrow where here's a promotion where for marketing sake there's a camera that can detect your age your gender and if you're old enough you can get one of their adults temptations jell-o pudding hey so there you have it there's some sweet tech coming to your mall in the future with seeing a TV I'm Bridget Carey and I got to say I can't complain about this sweet assignment
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