forecourttech April 2020

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News round-up
Amazon will now offer its cashierless store
technology, called “Just Walk Out,” to other
retailers. The technology uses a combination
of cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques
and deep learning to allow customers
to shop, then leave the store without waiting in
line to pay. This is the same technology that
powers the Amazon Go cashierless convenience
stores and the newly launched Amazon
Go Grocery store in Seattle.
A breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus
patients out of intensive care has been
created in under a week. University College
London engineers worked with clinicians at
UCLH and Mercedes Formula One to build
the device, which delivers oxygen to the
lungs without needing a ventilator. If trials go
well, up to 1,000 of the CPAP machines can
be produced per day by Mercedes-AMG-
HPP, beginning in a week’s time.
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Repsol has added an 860MW wind complex
in northern Spain to its development portfolio,
in effect turning the Spanish oil & gas
company into a major wind developer.
Total is investing $4 million to supply half of
its filling stations in Zimbabwe from small
solar power plants. The project will enable the
oil company to become more independent
from the Zimbabwean power grid.
Christian Cavegn AG, Emmi Schweiz AG,
Schön Transport AG and Gebrüder Weiss AG
have all joined H2 Mobility Switzerland, representing
a total of more than 5,000 trucks and
2,000 filling stations.The association has also
announced the expansion of the hydrogen
filling station network to the Eastern Switzerland-Zurich-Mittelland-Lausanne
route.
Shoppers, particularly younger generations,
demand more efficient and technology-driven
convenience store experiences, according to
Zynstra’s newly released C-Store Consumer
Insights Survey identifying consumer pain
points and expectations.
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