In the near future, as Quesang notes, shoppers won't have to queue during checkout, the would just have to push their carts onto an electronic gateway and the contents of their carts will be recorded, the payment deducted from their bank accounts.

Microsoft is currently developing a technology called Microsoft Surface, which, according to Quesang, can possibly revolutionize the customer experience. Microsoft Surface is essentially an intuitive multitouch screen surface that can be adapted into many situations, and can respond to various gestures and objects it comes in contact with.

With these technologies in the pipeline, one can only be reassured that the second coming of the POS is definitely at hand.