On: How China is using QR codes

[glofish]

users can do a QR code or facial recognition scan to receive up to 31 inches of toilet paper

The introduction of these smart toilet paper dispensers has reduced toilet paper use in Suzhou’s public restrooms by 80 percent

A valid use-case, though made me chuckle.

Would you want the public restroom to scan your face to get toilet paper?

[zachguo → glofish]

Whenever a new technology matures, people would create a bunch of nonsense products anyway. Remember radium condoms? https://gizmodo.com/once-upon-a-time-we-used-radium-condoms-...