Beer on tap? Robo barmaid slashes pub waiting time and pours pints with touch of a credit card
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Beer on
tap? Robo barmaid slashes pub waiting time and pours pints with touch of a
credit card
World's first
self-pouring pump will use contactless cards and allow drinkers to order a pint
from a touch screen
·
BYRUKI SAYID 16:57,
15 DEC 2016 UPDATED20:37,
15 DEC 2016
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A
revolutionary pay-and-go beer dispenser is poised to slash queues in packed
bars and atfestivals andconcerts.
The world’s first self pouring
pump to use contactless cards allows drinkers to order up a pint from a touch
screen, tap their card at the pay point and walk away with a beer all within 60
seconds.
The innovate “Pay@Pump” designed by credit card giantBarclaycardcuts waiting time to be served from an
average 12 minutes at busy times by two thirds.
With no arguments over who’s
next in the queue, waiting for change or distracting chit-chat, the prototype
is being tested at a bar in central London.
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