Vending Machines

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The Vending Machine Of Tomorrow Will Lure You In With Beautiful Animations

5:00AM December 16, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

There’s the potential for the next generation of touchscreen LCD vending machines to be an all out assault on our senses. So here’s hoping more companies More »


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Threadless Testing Vending Machines

7:40AM November 24, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

It’s one of the most popular online t-shirt stores, but just in time for the start of the Christmas shopping rush Threadless is testing a small number of vending machines throughout its hometown of Chicago. More »


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Key Copying Vending Machines: For Burglars Or Homeowners?

12:20PM November 22, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Maybe I’m just paranoid, but when I see a vending machine designed to easily duplicate keys, my immediate thought isn’t, “Wow, that’s convenient!” It’s: “Wow, what an easy way to secretly duplicate someone’s key without being seen doing it!” More »


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Now You Can Buy Baguettes From A Vending Machine

10:00PM August 10, 2011 | Matt Cherette

Do you live in Paris and frequently stumble out of bars at 2AM with a craving for a bite of baguette? If so, you’ll be totally psyched to learn that French baker Jean-Louis Hecht recently installed two bread-dispensing vending machines outside his boulangeries. More »


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Wedding Vending Machines Should Be Placed Next To Divorce Machines, Just To Be Safe

9:50PM June 28, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If you happen to walk past the AutoWed and alert the motion sensors, be warned – once your partner hears the twinkling bells of the wedding vending machine, she might just insist on getting married on the spot. More »


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A Chicken Vending Machine Isn’t What You Think It Is

2:00AM May 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Because it’s not a chicken vending machine but an egg vending machine! Live! Fresh! Good! Um, not exactly. The egg vending machine was an installation made by NOAH (think PETA but German) to show the dark side of how farms treat their chickens. More »


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The Last Vending Machine You’ll Ever Need

8:40AM May 7, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Quite possibly mankind’s greatest achievement since the advent of the Automat, this vending machine carries everything the DIYer could dream of. It’s located in the Metrix Create:Space, a hacker hangout in the Seattle area, and sells everything from Nutterbutters to Arduino kits. More »


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Pepsi’s Social Vending Machine Would Be Kinda Great If…

12:40AM April 29, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

The clincher in Pepsi’s new “social” vending machine platform is the ability to gift Pepsi beverages – and retrieve your gifted beverages – which is kind of awesome, putting vending machines at the same level of 2000s-era commerce as other electronic stores, say, iTunes or Amazon. More »


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This Vending Machine Churns Out Fresh-Baked Bread

8:00AM February 24, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Whoever said Japan had a monopoly on crazy vending machines? Sure they’ve got live crabs and bananas. But can they match the awesome power of France’s baguette dispensers? More »


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Everyone’s Robbing Vending Machines

3:45AM February 1, 2011 | Hamilton Nolan

In these troubling times, have you found yourself breaking into and robbing vending machines with a greater frequency? Join the club. Countless Americans are going to absurd lengths to obtain a handful of change and some deliciously criminal Snickers bars. More »