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  • Adam Wade · 4 years ago
    Big Brother is scanning your bar code... Kinda creepy. More interestign would be a phone that can parse UPC codes and can give you information about the product you scanned; nutritional info for food, competitive prices at several local and internet retailers, and so forth. Someone has a neat book you want to read? Just snap a pic of the UPC, and when you have time, look at who is nearby or inexpensive that has the book in stock. Presto!
  • seventoes · 4 years ago
    Yeah... thats a little too big-brothery for me.... good thing i live in the US :)
  • Dogwings · 4 years ago
    The mark of the beast?
  • Joe Everyguy · 4 years ago
    This needs to stop. Talk about invasion of privacy. Hopefully this never reaches american soil. Damn japs.
  • Mac.H · 4 years ago
    Invasion of Privacy? This tech is not what you should be afraid of. Have you heard of a little technology called RFID? Soon every product sold in the US will have tiny radio antennas built into the packaging that will replace the barcodes used today. Think of this scenario: As you walk into your local Walmart store, an RFID scanner bounces invisible signals off you, reporting back to the mothership details of every item on your person. "I see you're carrying Aveda lip gloss, Gucci sunglasses, and 400 dollars cash in your purse: Perhaps you would like to try these related products (a la Amazon.com's "other people who bought this product also bought this") Scary huh?
  • matt · 4 years ago
    Woo hoo good article
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    why would anyone invent this? couldn't that brilliant engineer figure out how this will really screw up life in the long run?
  • oscar · 4 years ago
    I would like for u to send me more and more pics so I can see all the interesting and cool stuff u people have!