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.

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 ...

Panera Bread will allow customers to link their handprints to loyalty accounts, the company announced. The technology comes courtesy of Amazon, which has been in hot water over hand-scanning. Panera ...

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 ...

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 ...

News broke out to today that Amazon AMZN is potentially testing a payment system that would allow consumers to pay for products by scanning their hand print. The new payment system would be installed ...