Wednesday, July 28, 2004
A terminal on every corner
The age of network-enabled street terminals may not be so far away. NCR have announced plans to roll-out 'personalised' cash machines here in the UK, and apparently these machines have already proved popular in the states. They greet you by name and remind you of your partner's birthday. The next step is the button for "Click here to buy your partner flowers". Some banks already offer mobile top-ups via their cash machines, and with the modern machines being driven by Windows PCs it wouildn't take much to get them offering a whole range of services, such as buying tickets, booking events etc. NCR has several forward-looking articles on the future of ATMs here. Worth a read, and this would make a great case study for a HCI course.
The age of network-enabled street terminals may not be so far away. NCR have announced plans to roll-out 'personalised' cash machines here in the UK, and apparently these machines have already proved popular in the states. They greet you by name and remind you of your partner's birthday. The next step is the button for "Click here to buy your partner flowers". Some banks already offer mobile top-ups via their cash machines, and with the modern machines being driven by Windows PCs it wouildn't take much to get them offering a whole range of services, such as buying tickets, booking events etc. NCR has several forward-looking articles on the future of ATMs here. Worth a read, and this would make a great case study for a HCI course.
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