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retube ◴[] No.13107359[source]
why is "deep learning" and "computer vision" required here? Surely a RFID tag on each item would suffice?
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1. LeanderK ◴[] No.13107928[source]
RFID tags are way to expensive to scale. The margin for one of the products might be just a few cents, so with RFID tags they might have to sell at a loss or rise prices. This would eliminate the cashier, but at least in germany the wage/item scanned is way cheaper then RFID tags.