Inside the RFID Stickers from a Chinese Cashier-less Store
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Күн бұрынWe randomly found a cashier-less, employee-less convenience store in Yiwu, China, and of course we had to try it out. But once we did, I was dying to know more about how the technology worked. So I took some of the RFID tags back to my apartment in Shenzhen, and started taking things apart!
This is the last video from my trip to Yiwu, China with Collin Abroadcast. Go see the first two videos:
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@PauloSantanaPlus 5 жыл бұрын
"my cellphone is out of battery" is the new "I forgot my wallet", I see
@ArmadusMalaysia 5 жыл бұрын
And charging your phone on the go is the new u turn back home.
@modrak 5 жыл бұрын
@@ArmadusMalaysia in China, your phone is always out of battery
@ArmadusMalaysia 5 жыл бұрын
@@modrak my phone is never out of battery because my battery is always out of phone.
@xhotweb 5 жыл бұрын
You can rent a power bank in China almost everywhere - restaurants, shopping mall, you name it. No such thing called "out of battery".
@MrTjp420 4 жыл бұрын
NOW IM LOCKED IN THIS FUCKING STORE!!!!!
@NicksStuff 6 жыл бұрын
We want to see the home-made antenna! ...and more durian pranks.
@thimblemunchstudio3931 6 жыл бұрын
Cameras now have facial recognition. You would be stupid to steal from a store that functions on technology.
@nedrul 6 жыл бұрын
Nick's Stuff DURIAN IS A LOVELY DELICACY:eXpensive Delicacy to be precise. Don’t boo on it to ENTER a Cultural War!!!!!
@mohdanissahari742 6 жыл бұрын
Wow..that is a UHF RFID chip..
@euphoricanimal 6 жыл бұрын
Yesss, make it man !!!
@ivangoh5619 6 жыл бұрын
durian is awesome man
@Jcarlwill 5 жыл бұрын
I love the way he conned his buddy to get a free beer. "Can I borrow your phone? Mine has a dead battery." "I kinda think it's beer o'clock, do you want a beer?" Alright, free beer!
@jackdare 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, then he's the 'generous friend' asking the guy who's paying for everything if he want anything. ;)
@SomeoneFromBeijing 11 ай бұрын
Dude is properly Chinese now. Back when I was in primary school in Beijing, we'd always say things like "can I borrow a piece of paper" or "can I borrow your eraser"? The papers are never returned, obviously. And the erasers are returned after we use it for a bit, meaning it's not "returned in full"-- just like his buddy's phone wallet was returned with a little bit of money gone.
@me476210180 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Chinese and I was wondering what's inside a cashier-less store like this, then I saw this video and everything explained. Keep it coming, really wanna see more!
@A1234 5 жыл бұрын
I'm curious. Do you live in the mainland?
@koukotsukanneo6818 5 жыл бұрын
I live in a 3-tier city in China and we have more than 2 cashier-less stores. I think there is another checker near the door to make sure its consumer has paid for his goods before the door opens.
@3un4j0 4 жыл бұрын
妹抖喵四 it’s demonic part of the evil forces plan
@user-mk000 4 жыл бұрын
@@3un4j0 Lol it's 2020. It'll come to your country soon. If this is demonic part of the evil then what is KZfaq?
@woolfel 6 жыл бұрын
I love his response to "it's not that hard". If I've learned anything from 18 yrs of software engineering, things often look simple until you try and then you realize how complex it is.
@joelbright6661 6 жыл бұрын
woolfel I'm looking forward to him explaining all the problems he has with making his version... those are the really interesting stories
@CataclysmZA 6 жыл бұрын
Conversely, once you get over how complex it is and it clicks in your brain, the ways to make it simpler or work better are clearer.
@TheFisherProject 6 жыл бұрын
What is the law? I grew up in a family that owned a junkyard, my father owns an automotive repair shop. I learned very soon that the simplest path leads to the correct answer most of the time and everything else is a distraction. The problem usually is that when working on such a complex problem so many paths are available.
@woolfel 6 жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to future videos of him trying.
@alameachan 6 жыл бұрын
Realizing how complex things are and then figuring out ways to make them work anyway is part of the fun of this profession, I say.
@louziffer 6 жыл бұрын
I'm very interested in watching you learn how complicated antennas are. :D
@StrangeParts 6 жыл бұрын
Hahah - spoken like a man that knows more about antennas than I do:)
@salutoitoi 6 жыл бұрын
For antenna beginners, go check www.antenna-theory.com/ (very informative "course" about antennas) and don't forget to take a headache pill !
@fearricepudding1859 6 жыл бұрын
@salutoitoi Wow! that website is straight out of 2002, LOL! Thanks for the jumping off point!
@nedrul 6 жыл бұрын
Louie Hannen ARE RFiD similar too contactless and Nfc CHiP’s ??????
@louziffer 6 жыл бұрын
Mnad Both of those are specific implementations of RFID.
@kaziboy264 6 жыл бұрын
Checked Chinese news, 兔兔到家 (the name of the cashierless shop), seems to be an indie/small group/startup operation that launched the shop from around 2017 but probably spent years in developing all the tech. Dont know how well its doing because its pretty much unknown on Chinese news except for in Yiwu.
@user-cm4gy8dk6j 5 жыл бұрын
yes，but there are a lot other company setting this kind of shop，like “taocafe”
@mikejarjoura9476 5 жыл бұрын
The store looked empty, especially the fridges. EIther really a hit and needed to refresh stock, or doesn't get much attention and is just empty.
@zmaxx21 5 жыл бұрын
It’s also probably really easy to steal from them. You just buy something cheap, open the door and have your buddy run in and grab all the drinks.
@cathyyu459 5 жыл бұрын
@@zmaxx21 I am pretty sure they have scans near the door to spot unpaid goods and surveillance cameras inside the store so police can find you easily.
@sthitapragnyadeshpande3321 4 жыл бұрын
I live in China and often travel to tier 1-2-3 cities and villages for my work. There are only a few such stores in China. The government does not like promoting anything that reduces employment. QED. What it does not mind doing however is allowing such companies to trial their products in Chinese cities (beta testing) so that they can then export them to developed western nations that wish to replace humans in stores (or don't have people for it). Australia, USA, Scandinavian remote regions... For example, Shenzhen, a hi tech city where you only see pure electric scooters on the pavements and roads, and where nearly all our street lights are solar powered LED, and 20% of the buses are electric, where most people make smaller payments using wechat bar codes (on their smart phones), there are just a handful of such stores. I havent even seen a single such store in Nanshan, even thoug there are tens of thousands of convenience stores and shops.
@mitrikgaduk347 6 жыл бұрын
"Surrounded by computers and browsing a smartphone." - One of the most brilliant quotes on this entire channel, hats off to him.
@valamilamasag 6 жыл бұрын
Keyword is UHF RFID. I used them in a project where the task was to do an inventory in a facility as fast as possible. Hand-held readers exits which puts out 1 to 3W of power and can read thousands of tags even as far as 5-7m away under 10 seconds. Basically we just entered the room, walked around for a minute and the inventory was done. "Traditional" RFID/NFC can only deal with one active tag.
@berniwa 6 жыл бұрын
Brafilus I'd assume that you can only do that in China. Outputting more than a few hundrete mW in Europe and the US in the 868 and 900 MHz Band is illegal ;-)
@berniwa 6 жыл бұрын
Ok, my bad just checked and the fcc actually allows 1W, while depending on the Band ETSI(EU) only allows for 25mW or 500mW at best.
@marcmingard4537 6 жыл бұрын
none of the tags shown where active tags. all of them were passive. most of rfid is passive tags anyways. and: you require a lot less power on UHF than you do for HF tags. HF Tags are working near field (magnetic component of the HF field) to transmit energy to the tag like a transformer. UHF tags are working in far field. HF systems by the way can work easily with 10-20 tags at the same time. Its all about anti-collision which works differently for UHF systems. There is really a lot of missconception around when it comes to buzzwords like RFID, NFC and all that sort of stuff...
@joelbright6661 6 жыл бұрын
Really interesting conversation, I understand how all of the technology that you are mentioning works. Like a key that if detected is registered in the system. The tag is only there to be identified not to perform calculations or respond. Most shops only need to know what items are stocked, how many of each are available and what items are being taken out of the store or coming in. Thus tags that are designed to be identified in bulk just make sense. Would only have to be on the lookout for people trying to destroy tags or cover them up in faraday cages. Passively monitoring everything in the store and having security on hand can be helpful in this situation. Makes so much sense I'm wondering what is stopping the technology from being adopted as a backup to the barcode system and eventually replacing it...
@joelbright6661 6 жыл бұрын
The tags need to be designed in such a was that they get destroyed or otherwise damages when the sticker is removed... Does not seem like it is though.
@bjornSE 6 жыл бұрын
The cost per tag is way less than 6 cent when you buy in bulk. My company purchase tags from Alien Technology and pay a fraction of that price. In Europe the frequency is 868Mhz and you can read them from over 5-7 meters with the proper equipment. The major issue is metal or water in proximity to the tag or between the tag and reader. That is why they can't put the tags flat on the cans. The tags most likely just contain a I'd number of few bytes. The communication protocol is pretty advanced though because you need to be able to handle hundreds of tags in the same area so it implements collision handling where you can tell tags to sleep when you have read them. You can also reprogram them. Let me now if you want to know more.
@joelbright6661 6 жыл бұрын
Björn Nilsson sounds very promising, are there other limitations to this technology that prevents it from being adopted widely as a replacement to barcodes and/or backup to barcodes?
@bjornSE 6 жыл бұрын
Joel Bright I don't have so much experience using it for that purpose, but as I remember, Walmart was planning to replace barcodes with rfid many years ago. Price used to be a big issue before, not sure if it still is, maybe for really low cost items. But barcode readers have evolved as well so I guess there isn't as big of an advantage using rfid and then the downsides are still there. You need to apply the tags, they stick out awkwardly, increase cost, read range can be challenging to control so you read tags far away or miss tags that are close. Etc.
@CataclysmZA 6 жыл бұрын
> 5-7 meters with the proper equipment Years ago, when I was doing inventory for the store I worked at, I wished I could just RFID everything. A scan of the shelves would tally things up more accurately and would take a tenth of the time I did manually counting by hand.
@bjornSE 6 жыл бұрын
CataclysmZA It's like magic when you get it to work.
@JesusisJesus 6 жыл бұрын
CataclysmZa - Were you being paid by the hour?
@cupcakekawaii 6 жыл бұрын
So it's like a walk in vending machine.
@pbhj 6 жыл бұрын
Which is basically a (non-food) automat, if you're old!
@MrKayn333 5 жыл бұрын
just a suggestion. Maybe you should trade mark the name. 🤪
@dongxuzhou4661 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thought too! That’s a good name actually
@oldskoolhead0 5 жыл бұрын
looks like an al you can eat buffet to me lol
@MrWizardjr9 5 жыл бұрын
@@oldskoolhead0 gets locked in* i guess you can smash the door but you also scanned your phone and in china phones are tied to your "social security" card so they can find you pretty easily probably
@kuraiwolf4047 4 жыл бұрын
Man, technology has come a long way. Who would have thought, say 50 years ago, that we would be able to have a cashier-less store and paper-thin, passively-powered tags that can be scanned by just being near the counter.
@Birdman_in_CLE 6 жыл бұрын
I worked with RFID in the Late 1990s. The supplier I worked with was bought by Hughes ID (HID). They used standard HP inkjet ink to print paper tags for a project that we did with the Postal service. The standard HP ink jet ink is conductive enough to make a good antenna.
@Hoozter 5 жыл бұрын
For real
@hakkepeterDruckfehler 6 жыл бұрын
Wanna see that Antenna! Definitely! Nice Challenge! First of all because I can‘t do something like this I would like to see you trying this!
@ArthursHD 6 жыл бұрын
hakkepeter1337 Druckfehler DIY 4G external antenna also would be nice video
@masessum1 5 жыл бұрын
In my hood, this store would be looted bare in
@dug5940 5 жыл бұрын
Lol American prisons are a 5 star hotel compared to Chinese prison labor camps 😂😂
@marysue7167 5 жыл бұрын
Dug Impossible That’s why US gets the biggest prisoner population coz everyone wants to live in those five star hotels 😂😂😂
@sguploads9601 5 жыл бұрын
@@xvgwhalevvs.diamonds3281 NO. Wecaht dont allow you to fine people without their agreement to do it. So you need to go to polica and claim robbery. And you will have everything - from their name to video showing robbery
@Hoozter 5 жыл бұрын
Thats why they dont put anything like that there
@danlettuce8429 5 жыл бұрын
Brinny aint much better
@TheCerealHobbyist 5 жыл бұрын
Your energy and attitude are a joy to watch. Thanks for all you do!
@motoko1108 6 жыл бұрын
In a Spanish clothing shop, they use also rfid on every label price. but the coolest thing is, they have a device what can find the location of the tag. in other words, they can find thiefs even outside of the store and also its easier after shops closed to find all laying around clothes and hang these back to the belonging places.
@Bryan-Hensley 6 жыл бұрын
Christian Schnitt what is the maximum distance you have been able to read one? I'm wanting to work on an experiment to see if I can make a very sensitive antenna to pick up lost pets RF chip. It would be awesome just to reach 200 feet
@beef0rtress 6 жыл бұрын
This is interesting. I’ve just found out that Uniqlo now are using rfid tags on every label. At first i dont know whats the function of these rfid tags that they put on the label. Wow. Do they really able to locate the location of the item eventho they are outside the shops? Thats crazy.
@wobblysauce 6 жыл бұрын
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@sargera1 6 жыл бұрын
outside but not far away.like sony tags does
@YPO6 6 жыл бұрын
Same here in Finland, in my local grocery store they put those rfid stickers on some seemingly random, and usually low value products. I guess those are the most commonly stolen items.
@WickedRose19 6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, all the videos that are on this channel make me interested in things I never would have cared about before. The way they’re presented is fantastic. I love the down to earth way you go about things and the way you are obviously excited about everything you come across. Keep it up 👍
@ifyoure555thenim666 6 жыл бұрын
That concept in its entirety is mad brilliant. If you could integrate RFID or NFC into the packaging, you could almost completely automate an American convenience store. You might have to have one or two employees for a 7 Eleven or Lawson scale store in order to maintain shelves authorize alcohol, tobacco, and gasoline sales, but it would make management and operation of them way easier. I could totally get behind this business model.
@TheRealXyzven 5 жыл бұрын
I love hate how your geeky enthusiasm forces me to watch your videos! I mean, I don't get to see these things here in Canada but heck, I can't stop watching what new tech you come across and the tribulations of understanding it.
@Ltldrk 6 жыл бұрын
I've even wanted to build my own tags in the past, that would be so cool!
@amadeus484 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this episode. When I saw that store in Colin's Yiwu video, I was very curious about it, and hoped you would talk about it in a future episode.
@nickykoel1041 6 жыл бұрын
Not really an apple fan myself, but I must say your character is so energetic that I love to watch every video of yours! Keep up the good work, it is highly informing and I already learned so much from you!
@felenov 6 жыл бұрын
Alibaba and taobao is such a thing where I went to buy stepper motors and ended up buying a giant and expensive microscope.
@ChristianvonDelius 6 жыл бұрын
BwaHaHaaa the dangers of chinese shopping. Now I need a warehouse for all my goodies... :-)
@felenov 6 жыл бұрын
Christian von Delius if you are buying development boards (arduino, espruino, etc) or LCD panels it is perfect for that. But then you start buying big RFID readers, genuine security cameras (when it arrives first thing to do is install Dahua firmware to it and change password) and stuff like connectors or terminal blocks it goes too far. Then you discover things like RuiDeng power supply modules (only place they sell them) that are worth their money. Then you come across a Andonstar ADSM302 with free DHL shipping and you have no choice to buy it.
@skins4thewin 5 жыл бұрын
@@felenov So is Alibaba & Taobao better than Aliexpress? I have noticed the price of electronics keep going up and up and up on Aliexpress, my guess is simply because they can, because people will pay it. Are the prices on Alibaba & Taobao more reasonable than Aliexpress these days?
@felenov 5 жыл бұрын
@@skins4thewin Sellers love playing with the prices. They raise the price and discount it. Or the moment the sale starts, prices go through the roof. So be careful and watch the prices, then you will be good. Also asking the seller to give more information about the product sometimes gets you a lower price
@skins4thewin 5 жыл бұрын
@@felenov Hm, I have only seen prices get raised from what I have seen, but perhaps that is due to the types of products I look for, which is mainly electronics and video game related items. I suppose because Americans are willing to pay more for them they feel they can raise the prices accordingly. Shame to hear that about prices going up during sales, that's a shame. Either way, do you think that either Alibaba or Taobao has better value than a place like Aliexpress? Am just curious.
@KOLEJ_pl 6 жыл бұрын
"Surrounded by computers and browsing from smartphone" haha, good one! :)
@zaprodk 6 жыл бұрын
The RFID-tag does not transmit anything. You saw how it loaded down the transmitter on the frequency sweep he did on the miniVNA? RFID-tags communicate by modulating how much it's loading the transmitter. Say you have a small transmitter at 850 MHz and the chip gets near and loads down the transmitter. This can be detected in the power usage in the transmitter. The tag will modulate (morse code, on/off, just WAY more complicated) and the power usage figure is decoded and data comes out :)
@deanmoriarty3565 6 жыл бұрын
That made hell a lot more sense than a tiny chip being able to both work and *somehow* gather enough power to rebroadcast. Thanks.
@spaculo 6 жыл бұрын
It's kind of like doing a side-channel attack, but it's the intended way of communicating with it :)
@suryashekhardas6299 6 жыл бұрын
Get the comment up to the top. everyone like it.
@iLoveTheseRemoras 5 жыл бұрын
You are describing an NFC (near field communication) chip read process. There the item needs to be placed very close, almost touching, the reader. This was an UHF RFID chip (completely different wavelength range), that can be read from meters away. It diffracts (reflects with alteration) back the signal it gets from the reader, and that's what the reader picks up. So it actually does send a response, not just cause a "disturbance in the Force" like in NFC.
@rzlosty 6 жыл бұрын
What is even more cool is that 2 beers and a bottle of water only cost £1.74!
@CollinAbroadcast 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@boele0707 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Cool that you guys take the time to share...
@ChrisP978 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like class 1 gen 2 passive tags. The gen 2 tags can have read ranges over 10 meters depending on transmitter power and antenna design. The ones we use are about 15c but i can read them at 10m and while moving over 150 kph. Automotive toll pass systems run on a similar system but often with non standard frequencies and encryption enabled.
@ThisDoesNotCompute 6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who wants copies of the cool vintage posters?
@TheXiphiasgladius 6 жыл бұрын
did you find any hints where they are from?
@rjnash2610 6 жыл бұрын
Oh it's you... gr8... (btw, your vids are terrible. I hope you're learning from this guy ;) ).
@royvandam 6 жыл бұрын
They are from the National Safety Council, but I have no luck so far in finding a source that ships outside of the USA
@alameachan 6 жыл бұрын
There's always Borderlinx for that.
@ytho3505 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. You're here as well.
@josephletts1093 6 жыл бұрын
Scott, of course we want to see you make them!
@noahkillough2840 6 жыл бұрын
Man I aint know much about computers or what a RFID stands for and all of that but I dig watching you figure stuff out and solve problems
@ps3funnyboy 6 жыл бұрын
55 cashiers didnt like the video
@zzzdanny9244 6 жыл бұрын
Farr, been waiting forever for a new video, finally.
@rogerkitchell 6 жыл бұрын
I don’t care what you make your videos on because they are all interesting. Thanks for making both entertaining and interesting videos about life and technology in china.
@NeedForRc 6 жыл бұрын
Always the best info thank you im addicted to your videos
@leggo0 6 жыл бұрын
“It’s not that hard” tell that to my electrical engineer buddies 😂😂😂
@reeseyme9613 6 жыл бұрын
well, they could sell 100 through hole transistor for a dollar and thats including shipping cost. shouldn't surprise anyone if they could make one of those RFID tag under 2cents each.
@Arcaedian 5 жыл бұрын
That was awesome... I randomly found the Iphone rebuild and have been watching other videos ever since... Definitely want to see the RFID tags... so here is to hoping you made it
@SeattleRingHunter 5 жыл бұрын
I remember reading an article several years ago that Walmart was actively researching options to attach tags to all retail products but they need the price of the tag technology to less than $0.01 per tag to meet their business demands. Also recently received a pair of Five Ten sneakers owned by ADIDAS company. When I was removing the cardboard paper tag from one of the shoes and noticed the paper splitting I discovered this same type of tag was sandwiched inside. So of course I rinsed off all the cardboard paper fivers from the sticky film the antenna and chip was attached to and wound up wit someone very closely to what you have. At fist I though it was a loss prevention tag but I now think its more an asset ID tag for contactless inventory and next gen POS purposes. Great video and god I bet that durian ice cream pop was interesting! LOL
@illiteratebeef 6 жыл бұрын
Hell yes to more RFID. Maybe even get one implanted. I have two and they're great for hacking. One even works with the local hackerspace door access system.
@GryphonArmorer 5 жыл бұрын
It's just conductive ink antenna. You can get conductive ink for your printer and even for 3D printers. "It's not that hard"...... 😜🤣🤣 I love your optimism. 😂😂😂 I'd like to see your antenna results. Or rather your bumbling and stumbling into a sort of working results 🤓🤣👍 Great video man. Thanks for sharing.
@peanutismint 6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff..... Can't wait to see the next step!!
@NateWithMe1 6 жыл бұрын
it's so nice to see some plants right outside your office...looks relaxing.
@je_ss 6 жыл бұрын
So cool!! I cant wait to go to China one day! You always show such cool stuff in your videos.
@cautemoc4624 6 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad Scotty is doing these videos. If you look around KZfaq, most people are just making videos about the worst things they can find in China to complain about for the bandwagon views. When I visited China it was extremely friendly towards Westerners and my only complaint is about the cigarette concentration, but that is also going down.
@user-qz7zj8xq1m 6 жыл бұрын
rr kk 老哥社会主义不是这个这个词。
@homosapiensisnotme 6 жыл бұрын
I hope you are not an underaged trying to get cheap beer and liquors here. ~JK
@willi4434 6 жыл бұрын
I am interested how they stop theft because if you just took off the sticker and left it in the store and took the item how would they stop you?
@StrangeParts 6 жыл бұрын
I think there are probably cameras as well, but don't remember offhand. Petty theft like this doesn't seem to be as prominent here as a lot of other places I've been. Not to say it doesn't happen, but it happens a lot less as far as I can tell. So things can be more relaxed without it being a huge problem. For instance, I see bicycles and ebikes all the time that are just locked with a simple chain through the rear wheel...
@willi4434 6 жыл бұрын
Strange Parts good to know. England is worse
@Darkskynet 6 жыл бұрын
There were cameras outside and inside in the corners. The ones inside look like the type of dome cameras that can be remotely moved with zoom etc
@willi4434 6 жыл бұрын
Darkskynet I suppose there will be security watching live then
@prikshitmishra 6 жыл бұрын
maybe in the walls near the door they have another RFID reader that verifies that the data it reads match exactly with that of a recent purchase made...you know like guards outside malls do! just a guess
@alberttyong 6 жыл бұрын
Those stickers look like UHF RFID tags (UHF can have pretty huge read ranges). They come in an insane variety of antenna shapes and ICs (depending if you want read only, or user writable data, or even onboard sensors if you want active tags). The copper coil ones however (like tap cards) are probably LF or HF RFID. They aren't designed for longer range reads (because you only want to read at a close proximity).
@needmoreramsay 5 жыл бұрын
I've taken apart exact RFID stickers like that from cell phone accessories (likely from China) YEARS ago. Like 8-9 years ago at least. I don't remember if the chip was that small. I didn't analyse it as well as you did. The antenna was identical though. They also sell those antennas to stick on your phone to "boost reception". Cool tech. Thanks for the video
@jasonhuang8068 6 жыл бұрын
THIS IS SO COOL!!!
@thomasdecarlo7649 6 жыл бұрын
Your channel is so cool.
@ChrisFredriksson 6 жыл бұрын
Why do you ask if we would like to see when you try to make your own antenna? You know we do, all your videos are amazing! Always joy and lots of fun when a new Strange Parts video pops up! :)
@harry.s7865 6 жыл бұрын
go bro , we definietly want to see it !!!
@kantung1chi 6 жыл бұрын
Durian in Southeast Asia is popular and delicious
@StrangeParts 6 жыл бұрын
I agree with the first of your two statements:)
@jpeezus6519 6 жыл бұрын
Fikri Rizaldi Kamil durianrider?
@ksyin2461 6 жыл бұрын
Durian is awesomeeeeeee
@davidmitchell5638 6 жыл бұрын
Fikri Rizaldi Kamil I don't know I tried ice-cream not the fruit by itself in China, it's not as bad as they make it look but I'm not a fan and can think of many delicious fruit.....it tastes bad...
@mathieul4303 6 жыл бұрын
Durian taste bad
@ersu.t 6 жыл бұрын
any chance of exploring an e-reader/e-ink factory, like the screens made for kindle or kobo (lots on Alibaba, would be cool to see if company photos are real or fake as well)
@geraldhobbs9183 4 жыл бұрын
Highly interested. Keep it coming!
@JacobSchutz-xc3gb 5 жыл бұрын
don’t know how came past this channel but I learn loads thanks
@UnnamedReviewGuy 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. China is beating amazon to the punch. A bit different from amazons concept tho Would the door not open if you had anything that wasn't paid for?
@Joshua-qm5yu 6 жыл бұрын
Unnamed Review Guy if you also not buy anything u can scan the qrcode behind the door
@allenlai8680 6 жыл бұрын
Unnamed Review Guy China still has a lot of high technology but many Foreigners don't know that China is a big innovator. China's rise has been unstoppable, and that is the trade war America has waged against China. America is bound to lose this trade war.
@jarenong 6 жыл бұрын
Amazon's method is over the top. Using expensive AI and cameras to know what you pick up lmao. Even then it only works for certain items
@fredfrond6148 6 жыл бұрын
That’s when the lasers come out.
@CollinAbroadcast 6 жыл бұрын
I actually tried just that and yea as someone else said, just scan the QR code next to the door
@hungry_goldfish 6 жыл бұрын
Wow....antenna?....i love to see it. Btw great video
@RetardedChildrenable 4 жыл бұрын
Those tags look incredibly similar to the RFID technology that one of my old employers designed for use in toll road stickers. Wild Stuff!
@ViktorVano 5 жыл бұрын
Those are called "UHF RFID Tags". The tranceiver is capable of reading muptiple tags at once. That means that you could have placed those items on a cash register in the shop at once (like in a shopping bag) and it would read all of them at once without a problem.
@NicksStuff 6 жыл бұрын
Now, do a fight: Durian vs Surströmming!
@Athrunwong 6 жыл бұрын
Woah, calm down satan.
@chickentruckman 6 жыл бұрын
Strange Parts rocks! Great editing and really cool info about China’s tech
@SteadyShadow 6 жыл бұрын
I should had stop and say hi when I saw you in Shenzhen last week. You looked busy but awesome channel.
@rudolphtheodore3340 5 жыл бұрын
I LOVE WHAT YOU DO, Please don;t stop! I can,t be there in China so, you bring me closer to that country with each of your videos, THANKS my friend.
@TheRealMrCods 6 жыл бұрын
Whats to stop someone paying for the cheapest item and ripping off the tags and stealing a heap of other items? Is it an honesty system or is there other types of security?
@JesusisJesus 6 жыл бұрын
When you scan yourself IN to open the door, they know who you are, cameras get activated in the shop, etc. So It'd be pretty tightly monitored.
@LOLBTLOLBT 6 жыл бұрын
in china ur citizen id is tied to phone and apps. skynet and social credit system crazy stuff lol
@huyueqi 6 жыл бұрын
besides all the Skynet and other crazy stuff, manless shops make sense as long as the system is good enough to keep the lost on shoplifting less than hiring a cashier
@dra6o0n 6 жыл бұрын
It's not very hard for someone to stealthly sneak a tag off of the item you take and put it on another item on the shelves, and then keep that out of the camera's line of sight, they won't know you took a extra item, and can't prove it in theory since the tag is still in the shop, plus their system doesn't alert them of shoplifting of removed tags if said unpaid tag does not go anywhere near the door. Remember that all systems can't be fool proofed, unless you weld the tags to said items so it's not removable, OR hide it on said product so one would not know where to look to remove it..
@KallePihlajasaari 6 жыл бұрын
Unless the scanning platform also weighs your products on the sly and bills you for the rest later. :-)
@Narry___ 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you trying to make the antenna I have done some for the university, including the design and although seeming easy is quite hard cause some tricky concepts. I add that if you need help you can ask whatever you need.
@kino174 6 жыл бұрын
It's really amazing to see how a guy jumped to KZfaq and suddenly started a second life!
@MrAceFe1 5 жыл бұрын
Wow I knew the voice in the background was familiar haha amazing I'm hoping to meet you guys one yr in China lol
@JustinY. 6 жыл бұрын
Tencent and Alibaba are already ahead of the game
@7h1nk 6 жыл бұрын
Its you...
@yi8116 6 жыл бұрын
How...?
@dr.winner2516 6 жыл бұрын
How r u everywhere...?
@Kyle-xk5nc 6 жыл бұрын
this guy auto-subs to any channel thats remotely popular and just comments on anything he gets a notification on.
@dr.winner2516 6 жыл бұрын
Kyle wow
@walkabout16 6 жыл бұрын
They need somebody to keep an inventory of stock and stack shelves and to set prices for the items in the system also label prices on items and notify customers of offers as well as to keep the premises clean
@dakotapinnick1315 4 жыл бұрын
I liked how he grabbed a beer at 1:17😂😂😂
@PKPJayhawk04 6 жыл бұрын
This is fucking fascinating. I have no idea why you don't have more subs. Big ups dude just found your channel.
@birdyashiro1226 3 жыл бұрын
Bc of KZfaq won't promote or will restrict everything positive about China. For fREEdoOm！！Woohoo！
@fpham8004 5 жыл бұрын
Wait, so now we are reverse engineering chinese made products to see how they are made? Cool!
@zqy7088 5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@dongxuzhou4661 5 жыл бұрын
That thing started years ago. Eg, Amazo/ delivery service. Mail boxes. Apple Pay. Let’s just say that business model is shared to all human beings.
@Dutch3DMaster 4 жыл бұрын
BigCliveDotcom is doing this for years, actually :P. Up to the point that watching some of his cheap Chinese USB chargers he got sent to from viewers has made me incredibly cautious about seeing people using them and without any reluctance handling their metal-cased phone....
@birdyashiro1226 3 жыл бұрын
Something called copyright
@93hothead 2 жыл бұрын
People have already been using this. KZfaqrs are just pretending for hype
@SuperVincenot 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome no need to talk to the cashier :)
@roltthehunter 6 жыл бұрын
you make amazing videos, very good mood in your videos, they are very upbeat and a joy to watch.
@williebizzle9416 4 жыл бұрын
Great video love the way you visit various places like that, very interesting to watch
@RetroHQ 6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see a brit abroad there -- at least going by the accent and vocabulary. :)
@dduay 6 жыл бұрын
Let me know if you want to visit Zhiyun Gimbal factory at Guilin.
@StrangeParts 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, absolutely! Contact me on twitter or via email and let's talk more.
@dduay 6 жыл бұрын
Strange Parts Awesome! I'll send an email to you tomorrow!
@soneomeelse 6 жыл бұрын
我也想来参观可以吗？
@ethanzhang354 6 жыл бұрын
Dji won't be happy then 🚁💔
@quentinzhu2067 6 жыл бұрын
Cant wait to see that!!!!!!
@rickylee110 5 жыл бұрын
I was searching something else on youtube, but ended up getting here and watching your vid, pretty interesting.
@nati1025 5 жыл бұрын
I'm loving this video on rfid. I lived in Guangzhou for 7 years left in 2016. I love electronics parts and was really wanting to visit the biggest electronics market on the world. Fresh durian, the very expensive kind is really good. Better in Cambodia or Thailand though.. Love to see your setup..
@DSCKottawa 6 жыл бұрын
Wait why didn't you read the tag???
@marconius101 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah right, you try that where i live and the store is empty in no time.. And not in the good way.
@nicolaschu9599 6 жыл бұрын
+Strange Earth, the RFID stickers are made with printed Silver Chloride. There's a company based in San Rafael, California called Byte Foods that sets up mini refrigerators in offices and lunch rooms that sell food.
@robertj3116 5 жыл бұрын
So interesting to get a glimpse into the future. Thanks.
@melanindevine 5 жыл бұрын
The future is going to be the worst thing that could happen to any human definitely a scary sight to see
@Game-Shifter 6 жыл бұрын
Can you look into wireless changing for phones and stuff?
@Oo-IIII-oO 5 жыл бұрын
Wait, he needs to charge his phone first
@onomichio3739 5 жыл бұрын
It's just copper called wireless transmission rings or something
@Djuntas 6 жыл бұрын
Guess we are all bound to have our phone as our wallet :) In Denmark it will probably be Mobile Pay app that wins. And lol that Durian ice cream...WTF, apparently the fruit is not allowed on public transport etc cause it stinks.
@norgeek 5 жыл бұрын
Vipps in Norway; the only place I still have to use a card to pay is in the local grocery store and Burger King who both signed up with a competitor that went out of business. Ideally I'll have an app on my watch soon so I don't have to bring my phone either.
@chickenthief1673 5 жыл бұрын
Your very inovative love the headphone jack in the 7. Keep doing great things my man.
@Noises 6 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard of circuit printing I knew it would be as much of a gamechanger as 3D printing has been.
@abashiddiq 5 жыл бұрын
Durian is delicious bro😂 I can take two or three whole fruit
@shreyanshvalentino 6 жыл бұрын
How would Collin haggle/bargain here?
@tuoli9118 4 жыл бұрын
so happy to see so many talented guy in China doing things they like.
@macdunlap6257 6 жыл бұрын
YES please!!!! There are versions of that coming where distance isn't quite such a factor. Such that you roll through a portal with the buggy and it picks up everyting so you don't have to even unload. Then like the store you were in there is a double door portal after paying for loss prevention.
@jake_runs_the_world 6 жыл бұрын
pee flavored ice-cream, thats some astronaut level stuff XD
@michaeljarcher 6 жыл бұрын
PEA I think, but food for thought! HAHA
@aux1z11 6 жыл бұрын
jake if it's in China it probly real pee
@LucSwildens 6 жыл бұрын
Bear Grylls would love it!
@googlego 6 жыл бұрын
it is just the durian flaver icecream
@genericembarrassingusernam7843 6 жыл бұрын
Durian either tastes like custard or rancid farts, depending on who you are and how your taste buds work.
@secnep 6 жыл бұрын
What if your phone battery runs out inside the store
@blindershine1 6 жыл бұрын
maybe it has a motion sensor, so it opens any time someone comes close, except if they're carrying something that was not paid for.
@JuniorBullet 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was thinking the same. I think there was another QR code for you if you weren't buying anything. I may be wrong, but I was thinking about what if there was a power cut, and you'd be locked inside
@blindershine1 6 жыл бұрын
Good point. The mere hypothesis gets me out of breath... haha
@JuryDutySummons 6 жыл бұрын
Slap a tag on your head and hope whoever buys you is nice.
@abprr 6 жыл бұрын
Just borrow your friends and make them pay for everything XD
@nutterz13 6 жыл бұрын
That was fascinating. More please.
@rlee95129 5 жыл бұрын
Do you know the companies that provide the cashier-less store solution (software, hardware, process...)? Thanks.
@Athrunwong 6 жыл бұрын
China is more advanced than i anticipated,that's really cool.
@SkyJUSTIN6 5 жыл бұрын
@Brandy Wasay yeah bro all those inovations out of china are foriegns all 1000's of them big and small
@NotMe35971 5 жыл бұрын
Nah, Chinese just too greedy to pay to shop keepers, so they use available technology to cut costs.
@blackricejam8984 5 жыл бұрын
Brandy Wasay no, the majority foreigners works in china as English teacher or reporters, don’t be salty just becuz others have better technology and living conditions than u do.
@anthonyh4745 5 жыл бұрын
@@blackricejam8984 yeah right.......
@zhiyan8178 5 жыл бұрын
@Brandy Wasay Keep thinking like that and spread this to the world especially USA.The Chinese will very much appreciate you.
@dtiydr 6 жыл бұрын
In USA if there would have been put a similar one there it would not have been broken into or hacked into, the whole store would just have been plain stolen.
@awesomeferret 6 жыл бұрын
dtiydr there is though here in Seattle (Amazon), and it's significantly more high tech than this one.
@slapdashzeal6095 6 жыл бұрын
Amazon is most likely collecting data for itself with all that tech.
@ChristianvonDelius 6 жыл бұрын
It is actually nice that Chinese society apparently has this level of integrity that this system will work. Sad note on American society that I agree with your comment.
@supersat 5 жыл бұрын
Amazon Go primarily relies on computer vision (and scales). Amusingly enough, the company that makes these RFID chips (Impinj) is located next to Amazon's headquarters. I assume Amazon Go relies somewhat on crowdsourced verification of their computer vision analysis (via something like MTurk), so there's probably still some humans in the loop. The real question is whether computer vision (with human augmentation as needed) will end up being cheaper than putting a tag on each item. But with tags on everything, you can get more benefits: a fridge that knows expiration dates and potential product recalls of everything inside, automated recycling sorting, seamless returns based on the unique ID of the tag, etc.
@reyantm 5 жыл бұрын
awesomeferret actually Alibaba group, giant company just like Amazon in Asia. They have 20 outlets without cashier just like the only Amazon Go in Seattle. JD.ID X , first AI based supermarket in Asia outside China in Jakarta, Indonesia. I’m an Indonesian and surprisingly JD.ID X sells stuffs with the same price like other normal supermarket and even cheaper for special deals. You don’t even need to scan or put the groceries on the scanner just walk and confirm your face.
@stevenbrown5693 6 жыл бұрын
Scotty you are in the grove.............killer video brother.
@pickledhitler8757 6 жыл бұрын
You have good content. Just be yourself. No way are 70% of your smiles and enthusiasm real.
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