Tag: VENDINGMACHINES

In the U.S., most vending machines provide only corn syrup confections. Vending machines in the U.K., however, may soon deliver something substantially more healthy: medicine. Sainsbury's, a U.K. supermarket chain, has already begun testing one drug delivery machine in its Essex stores. In order to use the device, customers have to use a unique ID or fingerprint, along with a special PIN ...

The AP reports that Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board is testing machines that vend bottles of wine at two Giant supermarkets. If successful, the vending machines could be placed in about 100 other locations statewide -- making Pennsylvania the first place in the country with booze on-demand. To make a purchase, a customer selects a bottle on a touchscreen, swipes his or her ID, blows into an ...

Hitachi employees don't have to worry about vending machines spitting out wrinkled cash or swallowing coins. In another addition to Japan's long line of unique vending machines that will never make it to U.S. shores, new soft drink machines allow employees to pay by swiping their finger instead of feeding in money. According to Crunch Gear, the machine uses a proprietary finger vein biometric ...

TechEBlog got our stomachs oddly rumbling with their grossly delicious looking posts about three wacky vending machines, such as fresh pizza made to order, a Wi-Fi enabled Coca-Cola machine with a touch-screen and a coffee machine with a built-in camera. We've all heard the rumors about Japanese used underwear dispensers, so we know that, if you can sell it, you can also vend it. Maybe just as ...

With the hectic lifestyles we lead, we must often choose between eating a fresh meal or stale food from our local drive thru. But, we soon may be able to get a dish made from scratch almost immediately without cooking or leaving the workplace, thanks to a genius invention: pizza vending machines. The "Let's Pizza" vending machine prepares fresh dough, shapes it, puts sauce and toppings on it, ...

Best Buy is paving the way for employee-free retail by installing gadget vending machines in airports around the country. Travelers will be able to pick up a host of electronic devices including cell phones, digital cameras, headphones, and various power adapters from the machines for what are sure to be absurd prices. The Best Buy vending machines will be operated and stocked by Zoom Systems, ...