Japan's Unmanned Hotels

A new project to develop “unmanned hotels” in Japan may soon eliminate the burdensome task of checking in at the front desk....When hotel guests reserve a room online with their RFID-enabled credit card, a “key” is assigned to the card. Since the credit card is the key, guests can bypass the check-in process and proceed directly to the room at the allotted time.

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It doesn't sound very friendly. Reminds me of Gandhi's quote about people "saving labor" until there are no jobs left for people...