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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/08/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality...Wait For It...Vending Machines!
    When you buy a soft drink from a vending machine here, and all you get is diabetes.

    Zing ZANG! haha.

    Who says the economy is dead? Sometimes you do get value!
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/08/09

    In reply to Augmented Reality...Wait For It...Vending Machines!
    Why do the Japanese think this stuff is cool?
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    Image of bleek bleek
    12/08/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Because it's kawaii?
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    Image of Palmer74 Palmer74
    12/08/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Hell I think its cool too. Maybe I should become Japanese so I will fit-it.

    I dont think ideas like that work well here because people would stay in front of the machine for hours.
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    Panzer23 promoted this comment Palmer74 was starred Palmer74 was unstarred
    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/08/09

    @Palmer74: We Americans are too dumb for this, defianately true. People wouldn't know why the stuff on the screen wasn't in their hand!
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    Image of ArtisticThought ArtisticThought
    12/08/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: I think it's important to try out newer technologies so that society can progress (and fiddling with new gadgets is just plain fun). The development of augmented reality software has a huge potential, and testing things on the street and getting them into the market is better than leaving them as concepts.
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    Image of phoxdk phoxdk
    12/08/09

    @Panzer23: That's a little harsh way to say it, but I did actually notice how people seem to be pacified, by LCD's in public, the first time I came to the US.
    Do people actually watch advertising and expect some useful information from it?
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/08/09

    @ArtisticThought: I understand that, but there are much less obnoxious applications for it than this.
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    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/08/09

    @phoxdk: I have no idea. I sure don't but who knows. I know it was harsh, but to be honest, I have never been one to sugar coat things...
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    Image of MaDpOo MaDpOo
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    Genius Marketing IDEA! #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    I have always wondered if it is technologically feasible to have a fast food restaurant run entirely by robots. You pull up to the touch screen and key in your order, meanwhile in the background a moving mass of steel cooks your food, like a Borg Cube. "I didn git mah friez!" The Machine responds with cruel, cold silence. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/02/09

    @Mozoltov, motherfucker: Meet Japan's Robot Raamen Chefs: [gizmodo.com] #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    Human powered vending machine = a window. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Kelvin Ong Kelvin Ong
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    actually it is very normal in Japan to have these insane vending machines.

    I went to a restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo, that needs me to buy a ticket from the vending machine before I enter the "express" restaurants.

    It works like this
    1) Buy a ticket of your choice
    2) Walk in and have a seat
    3) Wait for them to allocate a seat
    4) They serve the food (It is really fast)

    P.S: They serve Japanese food, not fast food though, but the principle works for the latter anyway. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    I've always wanted to go to an automat ([en.wikipedia.org]). #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Hatman88 Hatman88
    11/02/09

    @AkkiRonin: There's one in Manhattan. Apparently the turnaround time is less than 2-3 minutes so it would be great to check it out even if you were in a rush. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/02/09

    @hatman88: I didn't think there was one open. Bamn was last I knew of. You know one? #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of killacuban86 killacuban86
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    japanese people have the dumbest shows that make no sense... Really a show about a person who makes burgers and sells them in a self-propelled vending machine? That's pretty dumb
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    AkkiRonin promoted this comment Danny Allen approved this comment killacuban86 was starred killacuban86 was unstarred
    Image of AkkiRonin AkkiRonin
    11/02/09

    @killacuban86: Right because American "reality shows" are the sort of intelligent programming they could aspire to. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of oyanobaka oyanobaka
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    Actually, according to the video, he used to sell two or three a day, but because it was on a previous TV show, it's now up to 20-30 burgers a day. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    11/02/09

    In reply to Odd: Japanese Burger Joint's Human-Powered Vending Machine
    For all those middle-aged men who don't want to wait indoors with their hentai pillows. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    11/02/09

    @fatbencher: Yeah, because that 0.2% of the Japanese demographic is the most important.

    You must be a bible-thumping, 3 cheeseburger lunch, high school dropout, jeep driving douchebag. Because that is what all Americans are like. Oh wait, I almost forgot racist. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: Wow, did your husband load your douche with muric acid again?
    I would have you know I am none of those things you mention. No, not even American. I am one of those rare beings which have the gene for a thing called "humor". #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    11/02/09

    @fatbencher: It gets really fucking old, you know? The Japanese could invent a cure for cancer and ever turd on here would reply with "Finally the high-school panty sniffers have come up with something useful!" It's not funny, it's fucking racist. But whatever, it's okay because it's
    "just a joke." #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey:
    What is your major malfunction?

    In a topic making fun of something ridiculous I made fun of something else ridiculous. How that is racist is beyond me. Unless of course I should have implicated hentai pillow-carrying males (and females?) or other nationalities. Show me they exist and I will gladly do so. Ridiculous inventions call for silly comments. As soon as Tateishi Hamburgers invents a cure for cancer I will give them all the well-meant praise they deserve. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    11/02/09

    @fatbencher: You are Dutch right? So you and your friends live in a windmill and wear wooden shoes? Either that, you must be a raging pothead that trips on X and goes to sex clubs every weekend, you depraved drug addled sex addict. Having seen that in movies and on the internet, I am sure it must be either. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    BergenCountyJC promoted this comment Airport_Whiskey was starred Airport_Whiskey was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: Simmer down now. If you have not noticed, almost 99% of the comments are satirical in nature. Where did your funny bone go? #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: I think that's funny what you said about him being Dutch. Move on -- I'm sure you didn't hurt his feelings either by saying it because of the context. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of Airport_Whiskey Airport_Whiskey
    11/02/09

    @BergenCountyJC: It went away when, after clicking on a post about Japan for the 100th time, instead of seeing something relevant to the article, I just see some retarded post about how Japanese people are twisted perverts or lonely, pathetic basement-dwellers. I'm just fucking tired of it, because it's ignorant racist bullshit. #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: Well, have you not noticed the articles that about twisted perverted Japanese items? Either way, try this when reading Gizmodo then -- [gizmodo.com] #hamburgervendingmachine
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    11/02/09

    @Airport_Whiskey: News flash: that sort of joke is made constantly when something Dutch comes up here and elsewhere. And do you know how much that bothers me? About this much: = &rt;<=. Because I laugh it and move on with real life. :)
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    Image of KryptonZero KryptonZero
    07/22/09

    In reply to Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future
    This is awesome, reminds me of Star Trek TNG's replicator. I suggest they have a pot of coffee on the side of the machine for the old people who "Can't figure out these crazy things".

    Here's hoping for the Captain Morgan & Coke option. All you have to do is slide your universal ID or wave your RFID implant in front of the sensor and it'll dispense the hard stuff....
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/22/09

    In reply to Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future
    In Brazil it's hard enough to spot a standard Coke machine, let alone one of those...
    We still have only the basic stuff (probably less than 1/10th the flavors US has) and even the standard flavors are kinda altered.

    I remember liking Cherry Coke in a trip to Miami, but when they released it in Brazil it tasted like crap.

    Loved Caramel Coke too. We don't even have Dr. Pepper here... it's like living in HELL I SAY!!!!

    Anyways, back to beverage machines, I dunno about US these days, but in Japan they have hot and cold beverages... which is pretty awesome too. Having coffee and hot tea on a cold day is great.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    07/22/09

    In reply to Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future
    Good technology. It's basically all their brands that you can add 1 of 6 flavors to.

    I love soda machines that have flavor syrups that you can add as much as you want instead of selecting the flavor and having the machine add it's own proportion of syrup.

    Best mix ever: Grape Dr. Pepper.
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    Image of Greg Lloyd Greg Lloyd
    07/22/09

    In reply to Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future
    Tea. Earl grey. Hot.
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    Image of TasteTheFlava TasteTheFlava
    07/22/09

    @Greg Lloyd:
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    Image of LavernaBia LavernaBia
    07/22/09

    In reply to Coca-Cola's 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future
    I found one of these at Willy's in Buckhead (Atlanta), GA on Roswell Road. The drink selection is crazy! I also recorded a quick video on my iPhone of a bud making his selection.

    Here's my findings:
    • Ice over dispenses and has a small catch basin so most of it ends up on the floor. Don't slip!
    • Soda over dispenses as well so it's necessary to release the "Pour" button about 2 inches before you reach the rim or else you overflow.
    • Kids think this is a soda-sampler-machine and do the taste-n-dump method causing a 10+ deep waiting line during off peak hours.
    • Aesthetically pleasing! A gorgeous hi-tech machine with tons of flavor options.
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    KryptonZero promoted this comment kylenalepa approved this comment LavernaBia was starred LavernaBia was unstarred
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