Cool

This is cool.

Yesterday in one of my long rambling notes I mentioned that ObamaCare and an increased minimum wage will hasten the day when fast food restaurants like McDonald's move to kiosk ordering. It is beyond me why they haven't already started.

Folks can by car insurance on-line.

Folks can buy airline tickets, and check-in, on-line.

In some states, one can even buy health insurance on-line. I can't imagine many things much more complicated and/or important than health insurance. 

Purchasing health care insurance, car insurance and airline tickets on-line and yet, with very, very few exceptions one cannot order a hamburger, FF, and a Coke while standing in line at McDonald's, holding a tablet or smart phone. iBeacon could change that in a heartbeat.

I wouldn't have brought this up, but I was told today that one of the airlines, Continental, I believe, at one of their terminals now boards passengers without an airline employee scanning one's ticket. At the boarding gate, there is a turnstile-like gate that opens/closes when a passenger scans his/her own ticket. Most gates require at least two airline employees at the counter; the turnstile will minimize this. At most, a gate will require one airline employee in the future. And with gates across from each other, one airline employee could easily manage two gates. One can now, in certain locations, purchase a ticket, download the boarding pass on a tablet/smart phone, and board an airline without human contact. Except for TSA unparalleled attention one can avoid personal contact throughout the entire airline experience.