It looks like Japan's multi-purpose vending machines are about to get a bit more up-close and personal.
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Homemade PayPal Vending Machine
Ray Tanaka and his team over at PayPal Labs constructed this PayPal Vending Machine, unveiling it at PayPal X Innovate 2010. The machine melds together a zeitgeist of gadgets to allow smartphones to scan a QR code and make a PayPal payment. Once a payment is made, the machine tweets your purchase and notifies you with a confirmation display. Tanaka ...
Read More »Gold-Dispensing Vending Machine Coming to the U.S.: Our Economy Demands It!
How does the government expect everyone to spend their unemployment checks? On gold, of course. A “couple of hundred” Gold to Go machines, joining the 35 which already exist in the Middle East, Italy, Spain and Germany, will be installed in the United States, so everyone and their mother can buy 1 gram, 5 gram, 10 gram and 28 gram ...
Read More »iBanksyMachine Allows Anyone To Be Banksy
Have you ever dreamed that you too could be a mysterious super-awesome political street artist like Banksy? Here is your chance, no matter how lame it might be. The iBanksyMachine is basically a vending machine which doles out instant Banksy stenciling kits. Included in the kits are stencils of some of Banksy’s most popular street pieces, along with spray paint ...
Read More »LEGO Vending Machine
Whoa, whoa. Hold up. The title of this post could be seen as deceptive. I swear, these are not my intentions. I just had to show you Nick Dean’s LEGO creation that features a vending machine made out of LEGOs. There’s a bill reader included on the side and even mini-plastic packaging for the ammo clips and supplies that await ...
Read More »Deep-dish Pizza Vending Machine
I’m always rambling on about a Rock N’ Roll Pizzeria but that doesn’t have shit on a vending machine that will serve you piping-hot fresh pizza. Did I say fresh? OK so that was a total lie but it’s still portable pizza. Unfortunately, the pizza is Tombstone brand which usually tends to fail my personal taste test. And by taste ...
Read More »Shoe Vending Machine Is Sex And The City Girls’ Wet Dream
We’ve seen vending machines which offer everything from iPod’s to human services, but what about something more attuned to our fashion sense. And by our, I mean you women (gotta watch my macho allure.)� To introduce their new sneaker, Japanese branded Onitsuka Tiger is offering their Trainer from vending machines around Japan. This is a concept just dying to run ...
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