KALAMAZOO, MI -- It’s not quite the Starship Enterprise mess hall -- like on “Star Trek” -- but new hand scanning technology is making Western Michigan University dining halls a bit more futuristic.

Amazon is expanding its palm-scanning payment system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the company announced Wednesday, the first of many planned rollouts at other locations. Amazon One, which ...

If you are a regular visitor of the Class of 1953 Commons, it has been difficult to miss Dartmouth Dining’s new hand scanner initiative that promises the ability to scan into Foco with just a wave of ...

Concept: American startup PathSpot has developed a hand scanner device that detects contaminants and provides real-time feedback on the quality of handwash. It is a National Sanitation Foundation (NSF ...

This palm reader will not be able to tell your fortune, but it will figure out if you are part of Panera's loyalty program. Over the next few months, the bakery-café chain will roll out scanners that ...