Throw away that tattered shopping list.
The Ikan is here.
According to a story in yesterday’s New York Times, this new contraption is out to revolutionize the art of grocery shopping by eliminating trips to the supermarket.
The Ikan features a color screen, a laser scanner and a Wi-Fi antenna that connects to your home wireless network. Every time you’re about to throw away an empty container, be it a tub of yogurt or the dog’s favorite biscuits, you just pass it under the scanner and the product’s full name (and size) is added to your shopping list.
Keeping a grocery list on a piece of paper really isn’t all that difficult, you say? Well, the Ikan tempts with another important feature as well. When the list is complete, you click once and everything is delivered to your house at the time you specify.
Reactions to the $400 can’t-live-without gizmo are varied. Some folks don’t want to give up the “social” aspects of going shopping. Others are thrilled to let someone else battle the parking lot and lug the bags.
The green-conscious audience says the process consolidates many deliveries on a single truck, thereby removing a number of cars from the road.
Once it gets up and running in more markets, the machine supposedly will add more features such as how-to cooking videos and perhaps news and sports scores.
Read all about it….and let us know your take on this newfangled way to shop.
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