Vending Machines

Who Wishes They’d Dressed Up As a Coca Cola Transformer/Truck/Vending Machine Now?

It’s a three-in-one costume!* Not only can the wearer pose as a vending machine, but they can also rotate into a Transformer and then mooch across the floor like a Coke van, delivering beverages and cavities to all. *Err, make that two costumes. Nonetheless, they’re still bloody awesome. [@CocaCola]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 1

The cheap plastic futurism of grocery store vending machines

In addition to selling chintzy malformed plastic curios, supermarket vending machines also purvey a heady futurism — you can buy aliens, robots, and spy kits for a mere 25¢. Greg Rivera has captured the pop weirdness of these phantasmagoria dispensers. You can find several dozen more of these bauble displays at his Flickr. Spotted on…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 15

Pillow Vending Machine Fills, Sews and Plumps the Ideal Head-Support

Imagine a machine that creates your ideal pillow. I’m not just talking plumpness, I mean everything right down to the embroidery message your cheeks would prefer nestling on. The Dream Machine was exhibited in the city that never sleeps—Las Vegas, at a furniture expo. Users of the machine just have to punch in their favorite…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 9

Banana Vending Machine Gives Japan Yet One More Product You Can Get Without Human Interaction

Japan sure does love itself some vending machines! From cigarettes to coffee to ramen, you can get all sorts of crazy crap from a machine there. The latest? Bananas! Yes, Dole just announced that it’s going to start selling bananas via vending machines in Japan. Keeping the fruit at the idea temperature of 55.4 degrees…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jul 6

Police Tend To Notice Something Like a Guy Dragging a Coke Machine Down The Road

Oh Tennessee, you have been in rare form recently. The latest tale comes to us courtesy of Nicholas Nunley, who hooked a Coke machine to his pickup outside a Dollar General then began dragging it down the road. https://gizmodo.com/an-insane-tv-shoplifting-situation-that-could-only-happ-5436265 Amazingly, an eyewitness noticed the one truck on the road with a vending machine engulfed in…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 6

Augmented Reality…Wait For It…Vending Machines!

America is so lame. When you buy a soft drink from a vending machine here, and all you get is diabetes. In Japan, however, you get the whole augmented reality experience. A new kiosk by Toppan Printing Co Ltd, being tested in three of Japan’s supermarkets now, allows shoppers to look up a QR code…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 8

Odd: Japanese Burger Joint’s Human-Powered Vending Machine

We all know the Japanese like crazy burgers—and even crazier vending machines—and here’s a fun mix of the two. This machine in Tokyo actually backs onto a kitchen where a cook pops them into the machine by hand. https://gizmodo.com/i-ate-the-windows-7-burger-5394184 Drop 100 Yen and you’ll get a Tateishi Hamburger in no time, but if you want…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 2

Coca-Cola’s 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future

Originally codenamed “Jet,” Coca Cola’s top secret flavor bomb now known as “FreeStyle” is poised to give adventurous palettes 100 different beverage options in a single machine. The machine is more technologically complex than you’d imagine. The “PurePour” technology was originally developed to measure extremely precise amounts of dialysis and cancer drugs. Beyond that, RFID…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 22

Vending Machine Dispenses Gold Bars To Go

Looking to capitalize on the popularity of gold investments in these tough economic times, TG-Gold-Super-Markt is installing vending machines that dispense 1g, 5g and 10g bars / gold coins at 500 locations in Germany. A prototype “Gold-to-Go” machine in the Frankfurt Airport initially charged customers around $42 for a 1g wafer of gold and $341…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 19

Envirobank Reverse Vending Machines Quench Guilt, Not Thirst

I’ve always been comfortable with humans’ relationship with vending machines: we feed them money, they feed us high-fructose corn syrup, everyone’s happy. Envirobank wants to upset this age-old ritual with their “reverse vending machines“. The pitch: these boxes, fashioned like regular ol’ vending machines, will eat, clean and smush your recyclable empties, rewarding you for…

Tech News John Herrman May 4

Vending Machine Dispenses Comfort Food When Economy Stumbles

The Japanese have vending machines dispensing treats when an emergency strikes and the British, not to be outdone, now have one that dispenses snacks when the BBC reports something bad about the economy. The machine hack is actually an art project designed and created by Ellie Harrison as part of her residency at the Plymouth…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 3

Japanese Vending Machines Dole Out Free Beverages During an Emergency

Some new vending machines in Japan are designed to hand out free drinks to all comers—but only in case of an emergency. In the earthquake-prone country, specially marked vending machines currently being distributed to subway stations can be set to “emergency mode,” in which they hand out free drinks to everyone. It’s a pretty great…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 1

What Is The Best Thing You Ever Got From a Vending Machine?

These days you can get just about anything out of a vending machine…annnything. So, for no particular reason at all, I was wondering: what is the best thing you ever got from a vending machine? https://gizmodo.com/marijuana-vending-machines-opening-for-business-in-la-348628

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 16

The Personal-Sized Cup Noodle Vending Machine

Building an entire mini dispenser around the preparation and distribution of Cup Noodle may seem, shall we say, redundantly redundant, but we can appreciate the mechanics all the same. Hardly automated, the machine dispenses one of four stored Cup Noodles upon insertion of money. The user then peels back the lid and places it under…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 20

Sapient’s Coke Machine Longs for Your Touch

Touch screens are everywhere now—on cell phones, televisions, airport kiosks, MP3 players and cameras. It’s about time vending machines got in on the action, and that’s just what Sapient’s Coke machines are doing. Revealed at CES, this Coke vending machine from Sapient has a completely interactive touchscreen front panel that lets you view the product…

Tech News Andi Wang Jan 17

Uniqlo to Set Up Human Vending Machines, Ruin Shopping Forever

Are you looking to buy clothes in the most awkward way possible? Well, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo is bringing that opportunity to holiday shoppers in New York’s Times Square by setting up human vending machines. Yes, they’re vending machines with mimes inside, with human assistants in metallic bodysuits there to help you. Yikes. The whole…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 27

Japan Goes Big Brother with Vending Machines with CCTV Cameras

Following in Britain’s footsteps, it looks like the Japanese government is looking to install CCTV cameras in every conceivable public place in order to keep an eye on the populous. But since it’s Japan, they’re doing it in a uniquely Japanese way: via their ubiquitous vending machines. As anyone who’s been to Japan knows, there…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 13

Best Buy Vending Machine Haunts Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Forgetting to bring your electronics with you on a flight sucks really, really hard. This is why the DFW airport has allowed Best Buy to put Best Buy Express vending machines inside several terminals, giving travelers a chance to pick up the lost gadgets, chargers or headphones that they would otherwise have to do without.…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

SMART Car Vending Machine Only Dispenses Marketing Materials, False Hope

Here I was, credit card in hand, ready to fly across the Pacific and purchase my very first SMART Car from a vending machine, when I’m told it’s just some advertisement. Sure, SMART Cars can’t float (they can barely survive the SUV-congested streets of the U.S.), and the Japanese steer on the opposite side of…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jun 15

The Ultimate Gadget Lover Takes Pics of Same Vending Machine Daily for Two Years

If you ever wake up in the morning and think: “Every day is just the same old same old,” then maybe you need to look at Ryuuichi Terada’s blog. Entitled “I Take a Picture of the Same Vending Machine Every Day (or so). I’m Very Sorry,” the Sapporo-based man has spent the past two years…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Sep 24

Who Wishes They’d Dressed Up As a Coca Cola Transformer/Truck/Vending Machine Now?

The cheap plastic futurism of grocery store vending machines

Pillow Vending Machine Fills, Sews and Plumps the Ideal Head-Support

Banana Vending Machine Gives Japan Yet One More Product You Can Get Without Human Interaction

Police Tend To Notice Something Like a Guy Dragging a Coke Machine Down The Road

Augmented Reality…Wait For It…Vending Machines!

Odd: Japanese Burger Joint’s Human-Powered Vending Machine

Coca-Cola’s 100-Flavor Soda Fountain of the Future

Vending Machine Dispenses Gold Bars To Go

Envirobank Reverse Vending Machines Quench Guilt, Not Thirst

Vending Machine Dispenses Comfort Food When Economy Stumbles

Japanese Vending Machines Dole Out Free Beverages During an Emergency

What Is The Best Thing You Ever Got From a Vending Machine?

The Personal-Sized Cup Noodle Vending Machine

Sapient’s Coke Machine Longs for Your Touch

Uniqlo to Set Up Human Vending Machines, Ruin Shopping Forever

Japan Goes Big Brother with Vending Machines with CCTV Cameras

Best Buy Vending Machine Haunts Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

SMART Car Vending Machine Only Dispenses Marketing Materials, False Hope

The Ultimate Gadget Lover Takes Pics of Same Vending Machine Daily for Two Years

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