Bay Area innovator stops shoplifting, gives shoppers power to open padlocked shelves::New technology coming to stores could stop theft and ease customer access.

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TL;DR - Instead of locking shit up in a cabinet you need an employee to open, dude wants to use vending machines (that he sells) so you can just buy the stuff without waiting around.

Honestly not a bad idea. Trying to find the only employee with the key to a locked cabinet is fucking annoying and wastes so much time. They often have a call button, but in my experience nobody fucking comes anyway

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honestly not the worst idea for some smaller high priced items

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Thanks, I’m not going to read a glorified ad …… not a bad idea though.

The company I work at has something like this in IT. If you need something simple like a cable or new mouse or headphones …… instead of opening a ticket and making an appointment and trying to chase down the IT who’s supposed to be at the appointment, you just use the vending machine. In this case, scan your badge and it spits out the thing. I’m sure they keep track of it somewhere but it’s so nice to just get the theming instead of going through all the hassle

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Useful unless you just want to look at the item more closely (read the back of the box or whatever before you purchase.

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