Customers of the 7-Eleven mini-supermarket chain in South Korea can now use a new type of self-service - they just need to scan their veins to verify their identity, and then pay with the card, writes Asian Review.

In the 7-Eleven appeared the first store in South Korea, in which there is no staff at the box office. To take advantage of self-service, buyers enough to scan their veins to verify their identity and pay a card. The supermarket opened on May 31 on the 31st floor of the multifunctional high-rise building owned by Lotte Group of South Korea, the parent company Korea Seven.

In all buyers there must be a Lotte membership card - is it? ? Used to enter the store and make purchases. Payments are made automatically after the conveyor belt produces products through the scanner.

Thanks to this, the store staff can focus on advising customers. In addition, in stores in South Korea may appear drones, which will fly and monitor to prevent theft.

In Japan, retail chains, such as Seven-Eleven and FamilyMart, plan to introduce self-service technologies in all of their stores until 2025.

The most famous example of an automated store, in which there are no people - Amazon Go. The first such market appeared in Seattle in December 2016. The company also plans to open two-story stores ranging from 10 to 40,000 square feet, which will be managed by only 3 people. Another example is the startup Wheelys, which opened in Shanghai a robotic store.