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Precious Metal Vending Machines: Preferred by Robbers 2-to-1 Over ATMs
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With Japan and China already filling their vending machines with bananas and crabs, I guess they needed to come up with something different to sell instead of cans of Coke and Snickers bars. So what’s next for Asia’s vending machines? Precious metals, of course!… |
January 26th, 2011
Paypal Vending Machine: the Faster, Safer Way to Buy a Gumball
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In the future, a trip to the vending machine will no longer require bills and coins. You’ll need a mobile phone and a PayPal account though. Make Magazine spotted this concept device made by Ray Tanaka and his colleagues at PayPal Labs. The setup allows users to pay using their… |
November 8th, 2010
Live Crab Vending Machine: Only in Japan. Oh Wait, This Thing is in China.
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I guess that China was feeling a little behind the curve from Japan and their wacky inventions, so they decided to come up with their own. What you’re looking at here is a vending machine that dispenses not candy bars or cans of soda, but live crabs. Yup. This machine… |
November 3rd, 2010
Banana Vending Machine Doles Out Fruits in Japan
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Apparently, the Japanese enjoy vending machines so much that they keep coming up with new things to sell in them. Take for instance, Dole, who has just announced that they will be selling bananas through vending machines in Japan. It’s interesting, but I’d just pop by to see a human… |
July 6th, 2010
Friendly Vending Machine: have a Coke and a Smile
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Vending machine technology hasn’t really changed that much in the last 20 years. Sure Coca-Cola has started to roll out their awesome Freestyle custom drink machine, but that’s not really a vending machine – it’s more of a soda fountain for the 21st century. Designer Guus Baggermans has a new… |
June 27th, 2010
Weird Vending Machines: if You Vend It, They Will Come
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What was the last thing you bought at a vending machine? A can of soda? A magazine? A bike? A gold nugget? Live bait? Woman’s Day’s Brynn Mannino made a list of some of the weirdest vending machines we have today. The weird thing about the list is that Japan’s… |
July 29th, 2009
Instant Pizza Anyone?: Vending Machine Makes Pizza in Three Minutes
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Italian pizzerias are outraged at the Let’s Pizza vending machine, due to be released in Italy this summer. Let’s Pizza apparently does to pizza what Nissin did to noodles: make it possible to enjoy one in 3 minutes. The machine doesn’t just heat frozen pizza; it actually serves freshly-made pizza.… |
March 27th, 2009
Best Buy Makes Impulse Easy at Airports
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Airports are terrible for impulse buys. Not only are the flights themselves often boring, thus tempting you to stock up on more entertainment than you need, but airports offer everything from food and booze to books and electronics, and it’s all often marked up into the stratosphere. Best Buy has… |
January 3rd, 2009
