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Hand-Crank Vending Machine needs to be turned 70 times in emergency
Japan has high levels of automation across various industries and thus vending machines can be pretty much seen everywhere for almost everything. These have a lot of leverage on parameters of convenience but are rendered pretty much useless when there’s a power cut. Japan has long established the tradition to dish out technology and products…
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Egg vending machines in Japan work as mechanical chickens that feed on coins
The Japanese sure as hell love vending machines. We just stumbled across this one-of-a-kind amusing concept, an egg vending machine. Set up to overcome the shortages of convenience stores in Japan, machines like these dispense eggs at a slightly higher price than a grocer’s store, the cost of convenience that is. All you need to…
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Asahi Soft Drinks sets up vending machines with free internet access via WiFi
Besides playing home to some of the smartest people who’re currently strolling the earth, the Land of the Rising Sun also seems to sport an amusing high amount of vending machines. The Japanese love vending machines and Japan seems to be teeming of these lately. Here’s a one-of-a-kind vending machine that pretty much separates its…
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iSample Smart Vending Machine by Kraft Foods and Intel studies you
When you have an alliance of the sorts of Kraft Foods and Intel, you know that there’s enough heart into whatever with roll out. This unique vending machine, called the iSample Smart Vending Machine will study and analyze your face before coming to a conclusion as to how old you are and what’s your gender.…
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Jell-O’s new dessert vending machine serves adults only, turns its back on kids
Here is a dessert-dispensing machine that doesn’t serve kids. Yes, you heard it right. Jell-O is marketing its new Temptation dessert through vending machines but in the process it doesn’t want the kids to over-indulge. This hi-tech dispenser actually comes with an Intel chip and uses facial recognition technology to figure out how old you…
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Vending machines with high definition transparent touchscreen developed by Sanden and Intel
The vending machines we’re all to used to using, be it in the hallways of institutions or along piers, are about to receive a technological upgrade, thanks to this new concept developed by Sanden in conjunction with Okaya Electronics and Intel. The revamped vending machine uses a 65-inch Full HD transparent display that enables users…
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Threadless selling shirts through vending machines in Chicago
We have had vending machines popping out all sorts of stuff without the need of any pesky salesmen hovering around us. For people who still don’t believe in shopping online for clothes and can make quick purchases, Threadless has teamed up with Coinstar to install t-shirt kiosks. The apparel company has long been in the…
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Tokyo gets the worlds smartest vending machines
Tokyo’s Shinagawa station is home to two state of the art vending machines from JR East Water Business co. Like the earlier machines these pack in a 47 inch motion activated touchscreen which smartly displays the wares and interact with customers. Like its predecessor it also packs in a camera which determines the age and…
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Bagguette vending machine.
Need we say more? Bakers are in the line of fire now as these amazing baguettes come firing out of the vending machine. This one-of-a-kind machine has sold up to 1,600 baguettes since its arrival. All hails to French baker Jean-Louis Hecht !
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Japanese Red Cross and Coca Cola set up vending machines with charity slot
Helping the calamity-hit Japan isn’t all that difficult now, with Coca Cola and Japanese Red Cross teaming up to bring a few tweaks to vending machines. Japan currently is one of the world’s largest users of vending machines, with a machine for every 23 people according to statistics. These tweaked vending machines work just like…
