[Az-Geocaching] GPS outfitted grocery cart...

Cody Brown listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 8 May 2003 08:22:26 -0700


                                                                            
 Satellite-guided carts for frustrated shoppers                             
                                                                            
                                                                            
 LONDON, England (Reuters) --For frustrated shoppers who spend hours        
 searching for an elusive item, help is on the way -- in the form of a      
 satellite-guided shopping cart.                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
 Product designer Murray Laidlaw has fitted a shopping cart with a global   
 positioning system, or GPS, to guide shoppers to their products, the Daily 
 Mail newspaper reported Wednesday.                                         
                                                                            
                                                                            
 GPS, initially designed for the U.S. military, will guide shoppers by      
 showing arrows on a screen that shows them the correct shelf.              
                                                                            
                                                                            
 The device, which will sit on the cart's handle, will also suggest         
 recipes, alert customers to special offers and work out the quickest route 
 around the store.                                                          
                                                                            
                                                                            
 "Lots of people just don't shop in a methodical manner," Laidlaw told the  
 paper. "This device will make shopping trips less confusing and            
 time-consuming."