Walmart Patented a Cart That Reads Your Pulse and Temperature
Walmart recently applied to patent biometric shopping handles that would track a shopper’s heart rate, palm temperature, grip force, and walking speed.
The patent, titled “System And Method For A Biometric Feedback Cart Handle” and published August 23, outlines a system where sensors in the cart send data to a server.
That server then notifies a store employee to check on individual customers.
Over time, the server can build a database of data compared against store location and stress response, the patent says—potentially valuable information for store planning.
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