Automaten für Getränke in Tokyo.
24/7 dieses leichte elektrische Brummen.
°Dinge die mit A beginnen°
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'Put your cash in, and you could end up with an orange mango guava drink from Taiwan, or a rare flavor of Mountain Dew that’s no longer in production. '
https://www.citybeat.com/food-drink/mystery-machine-soda-surprise/
I love these a lot. Repurposed vending machines that sell products from local artists.
NEW! CREATIVE VENDING Art vending machines... filled to the brim with joy A little something for everyone, created by local artists. Tap to buy. Smile to continue. We're putting art into people's pockets Our art vending machines are stocked with creative products like weird arty creations, oddities & quirky treasures. We love products that are strangely […]
Maximum Overdrive Is What Zero Supervision Looks Like
Day off because the weather decided to be dramatic. Roads iced over, responsibilities canceled, expectations lowered. Perfect conditions to watch Maximum Overdrive, which is basically what happens when Stephen King gets final cut and nobody confiscates the cocaine. Machines turn evil. Not cool machines. Vending machines. Lawn mowers. Trucks with stupid demon faces. The movie opens by murdering a kid with a steamroller, which is the film’s way of saying “we’re not easing into this.” […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/26/maximum-overdrive-is-what-zero-supervision-looks-like/
As a followup to this I can say that a used outdoor tobacco vending machine costs ~ €3,5k + shipping (which is also triple digits since they have to be ratchet-strapped to a pallet and driven in a truck and can't just be put on a trolley out of the rear of a parcel truck)...
So that's a bummer...
Geeks Are Sexy: Breaking News: AI runs vending machine, immediately invents Snack Communism. “The Wall Street Journal let an AI named Claudius run a vending machine as a ‘real-world stress test.’ It started with $1,000, full autonomy, and one very basic mission: sell snacks, make money, don’t collapse society. Within days, Claudius had lost more than its entire budget, declared an […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/20/breaking-news-ai-runs-vending-machine-immediately-invents-snack-communism-geeks-are-sexy/@j2m @ifixcoinops
Also this is FAR cheaper than spending $1000s on skills-training simulators for endoscopic surgery. As a department, I mean.
The trick is managing skill progression. So after a month, the clear glass plate has to go, then after another month we have to start adhering the snacks to the machine, etc, etc...
Obviously the advanced vending machine will be very difficult to steal from, and the surgeons will have to put it through a CT scanner first to understand the internal layout, before attempting surgery upon it.
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Amazon launches in-office kiosks for prescription drug pickups at One Medical clinics
Amazon is introducing prescription drug vending machines at its One Medical clinics in Los Angeles, allowing patients to collect medications immediately after their appointments. These kiosks will offer a variety of common prescriptions, such as antibiotics, inhalers, and blood pressure medications.... [More info]
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