[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."