Saturday, August 19, 2006

CNN: A shopping cart that doesn't run into things!


Friday, August 18, 2006; Posted: 4:33 p.m. EDT (20:33 GMT)
GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) -- It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it. And it never crashes into anyone's heels.

"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me with a cart," said its inventor, Gregory Garcia. "It seems like the public would really want this, since everybody shops."

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