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.
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?
Kraft has invented a vending machine that analyses your face to predict what you want to eat. It combines facial recognition with other data to give you a snack, or email a recipe and shopping instructions. Creepy or cool?
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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.
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I thought the Japanese banana vending machine we saw last week was pretty weird. But compared to this Chinese vending machine which dispenses ACTUAL, LIVING crabs in little plastic containers, well, yeah.
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Whether you’re fascinated by Japanese culture, a fan of coin-operated food boxes in general, or just really, really stoned, this look at Japanese vending machines, including the first video of Dole’s new banana machine, will amaze and delight. Bananas!
Those Japanese touchscreen vending machines in Tokyo may be the future of street-level drink sales, but are the Japanese actually liking it? Let’s find out.
The touchscreen has given modern computing a lot of its feeling and spirit. The touchscreen does not belong in vending machines. Fake food and real samples, tantalisingly top-lit and warmed in an incandescent bath, are what stokes my stomach.
