Vending Machines Archive

  • MBTA and Masabi to Launch First Smartphone Rail Ticketing System in the U.S.

    Posted on April 23, 2012 | No Comments
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  • DeviceFidelity Announces In2Pay™ iCaisse4 Plug and Play Mobile Payment Solution for iPhone 4

    Posted on September 22, 2010 | No Comments
    RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DeviceFidelity, a leading secure mobile payment solutions provider, today announced the In2Pay™ iCaisse4 plug and play mobile payment solution. In2Pay iCaisse4 is a specially designed protective case that ...

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  • Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Coca Cola vending machine with 46-inch touchscreen

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    If you needed more proof that touchscreens are becoming ubiquitous, look at these new vending machines Coca Cola is planning to set up in all over Japan by year-end. They feature 46-inch LCD touch panels (1m high, 57cm wide) instead of buttons or knobs.

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  • Have a Coke and blue screen of death

    Have a Coke and blue screen of death

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Just got this from a reader named Oswald in Katy, Texas. Apparently, Coke uses Windows in their vending machines. Oops!

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  • Photo frame features built-in scanner

    Photo frame features built-in scanner

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh boy, here’s the perfect digital photo frame for grandma, grandpa, or anyone else who’s deathly afraid of technology. Aside from the $200 price tag, it’s actually not a bad idea. It’s a digital photo frame with an integrated 4x6 photo scanner.

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  • Oh look, POP247 video game, Blu-ray vending machines trickle into the UK

    Oh look, POP247 video game, Blu-ray vending machines trickle into the UK

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Would you buy a video game out of a vending machine? I certainly would, if only to avoid the phony human contact thrust upon me at GameStop. So these POP247 whiz-bangs are great. Too bad I've never seen one here.

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  • Nail Art Machine: Manicure “vending” machine

    Nail Art Machine: Manicure “vending” machine

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    As everybody knows, Japan is the land of vending machines. Dozens and dozens of these things are standing right in front of my house in Tokyo, offering everything from drinks, to cup noodles over to fresh rice 24 hours a day. But I've never seen or heard of the Nail Art Machine [JP], a machine that (obviously) takes care of your nails - to some extent.

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  • Video: Strange Japanese hamburger vending machine

    Video: Strange Japanese hamburger vending machine

    Posted on November 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Everybody knows Japan loves them vending machines. And even though machines selling panties don't exist over here, you can still find strange models from time to time. Case in point: A hamburger vending machine in Tokyo [JP] that sells one burger at a time because it's operated manually.

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  • Luxury wine vending machine

    Luxury wine vending machine

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
    It's not really a secret: Japan loves vending machines. So it's not really surprising this newest (and quite unique) model is made in Nippon, too: A vending machine that lets you buy luxury wines through a pre-paid card. The machine is supposed to soften the negative effects the current recession has for wine lovers.

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  • Hitachi presents biometric-based vending machine

    Hitachi presents biometric-based vending machine

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    It's no secret the Japanese have a penchant for vending machines (even though there are - contrary to popular belief - no machines selling panties in this country). Now Hitachi made one step forward by developing a machine that doesn't need to be fed with coins or bills anymore. Your finger will be enough.

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  • Claw vending machine + cute robot = Puchi Robo Catcher

    Claw vending machine + cute robot = Puchi Robo Catcher

    Posted on May 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Claw vending machines, also known as UFO catchers or crane games, are a multi-billion dollar business in Japan. Combine this fact with the Japanese penchant for robots, and you get the Puchi Robot Catcher, whose arms are used instead of the usual cranes.

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