Think about purchasing with no trolley. New know-how on show in Korea this week demonstrates how shoppers can buy groceries in a grocery store, scan the barcodes of the merchandise they need to purchase and have them delivered at house at their comfort.
The idea was mentioned by an SK Telecom official on the World IT Present 2015, the most important IT exhibition in Korea, held at Coex .
Korean cellular carriers are specializing in cubicles the place guests can expertise day by day life with future communications applied sciences.
For instance, SK Telecom, the most important cellular service in Korea, ready a mannequin house the place guests can expertise its “Sensible Residence Service” app, which lets customers activate and off numerous units present in abnormal homes like door locks, dehumidifiers, boilers and fuel valves. They will regulate lighting of their houses a thoughts boggling 36,000 methods.
SK additionally recreated a big grocery store as a part of its exhibit. Within the demo retailer, guests can expertise its “Sensible Shopper” app, which helps customers make straightforward purchases by scanning product barcodes.
To not be outdone, KT unveiled its GiGA Path know-how that mixes Wi-Fi and long-term evolution networks to help cellular connections which are 4 occasions quicker than these provided by present know-how. The corporate pledged to be the primary on the planet to unveil a 5G cellular community, with a deliberate launch in time for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Video games.
At SME cubicles, corporations exhibited promising know-how reminiscent of three-dimensional printers, versatile joint robots, drones and wi-fi recharging techniques for cellular units and digital automobiles.
In the meantime, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics launched their newest TV and different IT merchandise. Samsung exhibited ultra-high-definition (SUHD) televisions and new flagship smartphones together with the Iron Man restricted version of the Galaxy S6 Edge. LG displayed natural light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions, its newest flagship handset and smartwatches.
A customer to the present stated, “With the exhibition, we will think about our future lives. Nevertheless, it’s a pity that it couldn’t differentiate itself from the Cellular World Congress held earlier this yr.”
