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Amazon creates what it calls a “palm signature” based on someone’s palm and underlying veins, and the images are encrypted in the Amazon Web Services Cloud. Customers at Amazon’s Whole Foods Market stores will soon be able to pay for their groceries with a wave of their hand. Amazon is adding its Amazon One palm-reading payment technology to all its Whole Foods stores by the end of this year, the company announced July 20. Amazon Prime members who connect their Amazon One profile and Amazon account will see savings applied automatically, the company said. Amazon creates what it calls a “palm signature” based on someone’s palm and underlying veins, and the images are encrypted in the Amazon Web Services Cloud.