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PayPal vending machine spotted
10/27/2010, Metion PayPal and most of you would probably think of it being an electronic payment system. Well, you aren’t too far off the mark at all, but it seems that the PayPal X Innovate 2010 developers conference did display a [...]
Vending Machine Offers Live Crabs Over In China
10/22/2010, We’ve seen all sorts of weird stuff being sold by vending machines before, but seriously, live crabs? Over in Nanjing, China, a vending machine is selling Shanghai Hairy Crabs at $1.50 to $7.50 each, depending on the size of the [...]
Vending machine spits out prescription drugs
08/16/2010, Looks like vending machines have just gotten another job responsibility in their portfolio – we’re looking at them delivering prescription drugs down the road. Take England for example – the country dispenses 886 million prescription drug items per year, where [...]
Touchscreen Vending Machines Go Mainstream In Tokyo
08/10/2010, The idea of touchscreen vending machines isn’t new, but the idea didn’t really take off until now. A local company called aCure has installed some new vending machines in Tokyo, Japan recently, and yes, they sport large touchscreen displays. From [...]
Dream Machine Dispenses Customized Pillows For Your Comfort
08/09/2010, Not satisfied with the pillows being offered at the store near you? Maybe you’d want to own a customized pillow instead. The Dream Machine is a vending machine that is capable of allowing users to specify the details of the [...]
Wine Vending Machine Checks Your ID Before Approving Your Purchase
07/08/2010, Is this the way we’ll be preventing kinds from buying alcohol in the future? The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has recently introduced a pilot program that sees a rather large wine kiosk installed in grocery stores. With this in place, [...]
Reverse Vending Machine gives you cash
06/30/2010, Most vending machines that we know of prefer to swallow your cash in exchange for a can of soda or some candy, but the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) here clearly lives up to its name – it will take in [...]
Unilever ice cream vending machine loves your smile
06/27/2010, Unilever, a household name when it comes to fast moving consumer goods, and here they are with a brand new ice cream vending machine which comes with a twist – it will use face-recognition technology to measure your grin, and [...]
Coke vending machines in Japan to get LCD touch panels
06/24/2010, Touchscreens will take over Japan by the end of the year as all new Coca-Cola vending machines will feature a 46″ LCD touch panels instead of buttons and knobs, standing tall at a meter high and 57cm wide. The whole [...]