Future Store

Smart Fridge and Smart Wine Fridge: Video shows that when user takes the last item, for example is a bottle of wine, from the smart fridge or smart wine fridge , then the screen will display the list of product out of stock/running out of stock. This is quietly beneficial technology because the smart fridge has been programmed to sense what products are stored inside it and keep track of the stock through RFID scanning. The smart fridge can ensure the needs of the owner shopping.

Smart Washing Machine: Smart washing machine will scan the clothes that user put into the machine and then the screen will display the list of the clothes. When clothes which included have different colors and/or materials, smart washing machine will give a warning to user to correct the combination because the machine cannot wash these textiles together. Smart washing machine is quite helpful reducing the possibility of clothes from shrinking or becoming discolored due to lack misgivings of users on the use of a washing machine manual.

Electronic Shopping List: Users can create a shopping list before shopping from home pc and sent via internet to the future store. Electronic shopping list is connected with a list of product out of stock/running out of stock of smart fridge and/or smart wine fridge. It greatly increases the efficiency and effectiveness of shopping which usually done by mothers who are commonly very enthusiastic and lost in while shopping. Organizing grocery lists and sticking to them can saves money and guards against impulse of buying.

Future Card: Implementation of future card can facilitate user while shopping. From the video seen that when user synchronize future card to the trolley, the screen directly detect the name of the user and electronic shopping list that have previously been made. This will also reduce the time required for the shopping because the trolley will guide through the store to the items location, so the user does not need to be confused searching shelves for existing items on a shopping list which connected from future card.

Smart shelves: Shelves will scan the items that exist on him. Each shelves will send incoming message to display screen if the items already or about to run out, also if there is misplaced product. Incoming message is connected to the gadgets held by the employee. This will greatly help ease the work of employee, they do not need to check stocks or misplace product from one shelve to another shelve.

System Information Terminal: I think this facility on future store is pretty good but actually not urgent needs. User can see what products are for sale, how much it cost and where it is located. There is a unique feature, which I referred in above is less urgent, i.e. user can see any recipe that can be made of the product, the recipe can be transmitted to user cell phone.

Everywhere Display: I have never seen the application of this technology in the real world before. This technology informs user the location of a product they look for, by giving the sign which points to the shelves digitally on the floor where the products located. This technology is unique and can replace the use of conventional sign by a board.

Advertising Display: I think this technology is not very useful for user, but rather the owner of the product. Actually this technology is also not harmful to the user. In Indonesia, display advertising is already commonly found in alongside highway, but probably a new thing to be applied in the store.

Smart Scales with RFID:  Smart scale is used for determining the weight and the price of the items user want to purchase, all done by scanning RFID. I think this technology is not a solution that significantly effective and efficient. I think the use of RFID smart scale in real life did not significantly reduce the time because the process is not much different and requires large amount of money when we compared to manual weighing and pricing.

Smart Trolley: In my opinion, smart trolley is a very significant technology to support shopping activities. When user put the items they want to purchase to the trolley, it will automatically recognizes the items, then the items will be added to the list of Items in your trolley on the trolley display screen. Smart trolley also gives ease to user that they do not have to estimate how much the total cost will they have to pay, because the price of the items are also displayed on the trolley display screen.

Smart Dressing Room: Smart dressing room really helps user to try on clothes in a short time without need to use it. Moreover, if user wants to try a lot of clothes, they do not need to try them one by one to acquire the right piece of clothing, all done with just a touch. This technology is also profitable for the store because it reduces the damage to clothing because too often attempted by the user.

Smart Mirror: I think this technology is nearly similar to the smart mirror, which the different is only the product. Smart mirror really helps user to try on any make-up products in a short time without any need to use it. Users just have to take their own picture in front of the camera then user can customize the make-up product and try on the picture. This technology is also profitable for the store because they do not need to provide each of makeup testers.

Future Check Out: This technology improves the efficiency of the time, but it seems to require a lot of funds. Users only need to walk through the gate then items and prices are registered automatically. This process significantly will reduce the queue at a conventional store which takes a long time to scan bar code one by one from purchased items that usually cause long queues. After passing through the gate, the list of your smart trolley contents will be displayed on the display screen at the cashier. Users only need to pay according to the price displayed. The smart chip will be deactived when users pass the next gate.

It can be concluded that if we compare the future technologies above to the processes that are running this day, there are technologies which can increase the effectiveness of user activities, but there are also technologies which not give so much significant effects. Although these technologies provide time efficiency in the execution of the activities, but also there are not an urgent need. Ease and speed of process is certainly directly proportional to the costs, these technologies requires large amount of costs to be applied it in real life.