Automation Cuts Human Contact In Commercial Transactions

The next step on the road to greater automation to eliminate contact with clerks, cashiers, and sales agents: Keyless check-in to hotel rooms using a smart phone app. Smart phones are going to become like magic wands. Rental car doors will open when you press a button on your smart phone. Hotel doors will too. You'll order food with a smart phone app and it'll be ready when you reach a restaurant. The day will come when the table will be laid out with food before you get there and you'll let your phone guide you to the right table. Or you'll order while en route to a restaurant and when you get there pick up your order in a...

Source: FuturePundit - November 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs