With every passing day, science throws technologies at us which have us amazed. In today’s fast paced world, one mind boggling invention after another makes us pause for a moment and wonder at the marvel. EcoATM is one such invention which is no less than a modern day wonder. As the name suggests, EcoATM is kind of an ATM machine which works exactly on the same model just that there is a slight difference. Instead of handing out cash to you against your ATM card, EcoATM machine BUYS your old handset and spits out money in exchange. Surprised? Don’t be! It’s the modern day mobile phone recycler!
Although this kind of machine makes you marvel at the kind of technology and artificial intelligence it takes on part of the machine but how the machine works is actually pretty simple. It checks your handset with an installed camera and matches it against some four thousand plus handsets it has in its database. Once it has done that, it asks you to plug your phone into a couple of electric sockets just to make sure that your phone is in working condition. All of it is done at quite an impressive pace since all of it is electronic. Once the machine makes sure your phone is in working condition, it gives you a quote for you phone and that’s the tricky part.
How the machine gets its quote is pretty interesting actually. The quote given by the machine is actually what the network of a hundred or so dealers and recyclers could offer you against your handset. If the sum is acceptable to you, you take the deal and machine takes away your phone and spits out cash. This machine has currently been installed in only a few places in the US but is expect to cover the entire country soon.
