In this article, there is a very controversial topic discussed that I think people can sometimes take too seriously. Wal-Mart is thinking up plans to get more products into our home and they sound awesome to me. One of the ways described in the article is to have sensors in your fridge to see what food you currently have and its expiration date. Their thought is to have these items automatically bought and sent to your address it seems.
I think it’s a bit much to have everything automatically bought, but I like the idea. If products in my house were monitored and put into an online shopping cart when they got low or close to expiration, that would be great. I don’t like that we still have to worry about every little purchase like milk, toothpaste, or paper towels. I think shopping for these things on a regular basis is a huge waste of time and I want to have some of it automated. This is why I like to buy things in bulk that have long expiration dates or none at all. I’ve bought a 12 pack of deodorant, 4 giant packs of paper towels and toilet paper, a 48 pack of nice razors, hundreds of coffee filters and I love that I don’t have to worry about this stuff for a long time. I would do this with every item if I could, but they would expire or take up too much space. I think having sensors like this would be a great solution to the problem and I don’t think people should be so quick to dismiss it. I understand that people have issues with companies knowing information about them, but I am less concerned than most I guess. I think it’s good that companies know information about me for targeted advertisements and if it makes my life more convenient, that’s great. Targeted ads sell me things that I want to buy, it seems like a win win situation whereas non targeted ads try to sell me makeup. It reminds me of some stories I’ve heard about purchases in stores being made automatically by facial recognition so there is no need to go to the cash register or scan items individually. That sounds like the future, and I want it.
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Naelin
5/9/2017 08:59:11 pm
Hi Sean,
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