Check Out this Awesome Vending Machine with a 47-Inch Touchscreen
Check Out this Awesome Vending Machine with a 47-Inch Touchscreen
Posted 08/12/2010 at 7:08am
| by Paul Lilly
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The world's baddest (and we mean that in a good way) vending machine just went up in central Tokyo this week at the East Japan Railway Co.'s Shinagawa Station. What separates this vending machine from all others -- and makes it newsworthy for a tech site -- is the ginormous 47-inch touchscreen being wielded.
That's right, this thing packs a touchscreen larger than some home TV displays, but that isn't all it has going for it. Still images and video are fed to the machine by way of WiMAX wireless broadband, which can be used to show promotional content depending on the season or time of the day. In the heat of summer, for example, you might see a bottle of ice cold water displayed across on the screen. In the future, commercials are likely to be played, too.
The smart vending machine, which was co-developed by JR East Water Business Co., Omron Corp, and Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co., uses a built-in face recognition system to figure out the customer's sex and age, and then uses that info to display items that might be of interest. And in a move that's sure to have privacy advocates up in arms, the machine also retains customer data, like previously purchased items, which will then be used for marketing purposes, Nikkei.com says.
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rajeshrao
March 30, 2011 at 12:41am
This is really a great vending machine,I think.
http://www.papercupmakingmachine.in/
papercupsmachinesco
March 28, 2011 at 4:15am
Is this a vending machine. wow, very nice
http://www.papercupsmachines.co.in
theindiancoffeeco
March 21, 2011 at 2:46am
vending machines are always good.. awesome post..
http://www.indiancoffeecompany.in/
amit_shrestha
January 05, 2011 at 11:35pm
I found this vending machines really good. The most interesting feature i like about this machine is built in face recognition system to figure out the customer sex and age too. Great contribution by JR East Water Business Co., Omron Corp, and Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co. in the field of vending machine technology.
Thiazolium
August 20, 2010 at 11:14am
Quote: "@Biceps. It is just a different culture where they respect other people's property...".
Agreed.
violian
August 12, 2010 at 8:12pm
Whoever said this thing sports an expensive LCD panel that could be smashed by an angry customer? It could also be designed to have a projector in the back of the machine projecting the image unto regular glass on the front of the machine - like a DLP tv set. The touch could be utilized by way of cameras and/or sensors. And I could imagine these would'nt be placed in your average park shelter. Most likely in a mall setting where ads would be running while customers are walking by. And I've never seen a vandalized vending machine in any mall in my entire life. This concept is nothing new - just think the Redbox video rental machines.
Biceps
August 13, 2010 at 2:36pm
This machine is designed for use in Japan. Japan is a country where there is one vending maching for every 3 people. Also, it is a country where people don't steal (really!), and there is very little graffiti and defacement of property. I know, I lived there for several years. This machine, however the display was set up, would most likely not be beat up, tipped over or vandalized in Japan. Even the vending machines they have there now are pretty flimsy by our standards.
In Japanese vending machines you can buy hot soup, cold drinks, porno mags, batteries, even Sake or beer (and yes, cigarettes, too). In the many years I lived in Tokyo, I never saw a machine tipped over, or even spray-painted. It is just a different culture where they respect other people's property and don't feel a contant need to pee on every tree like the teenagers in the US do.
FrancesTheMute
August 12, 2010 at 3:48pm
It's got a net connection. how long until it gets hacked and shows goatse on it? or repeating clips of 2 girls 1 cup.
KOMMANDER
August 12, 2010 at 1:49pm
I was in vending for 20+ years and I wouldn't want one on any route I ran. The first time it didn't deliver and a customer kicked it or beat on it the screen is gone and probably cost $2000 to replace. It just wouldn't be cost effective in most parts of the world.
williezzy
August 12, 2010 at 12:31pm
I know everyone will be hating on me for saying this, but can it run Crysis? lol
T0mmy1977
August 12, 2010 at 1:18pm
lol - A system that can run your games AND pump out some Mountain Dew!
Keith E. Whisman
August 12, 2010 at 11:07am
My wife walks up to this machine and it properly displays tampons and mydol. I walk up to the machine and it displays a noose, cyanide capsules and a revolver for suicide to ensure success.
Lhot
August 12, 2010 at 9:38am
...you insert your money or debit card and don't get your product....will wiggling the machine make that Milkyway bar drop?
devastator_2000
August 12, 2010 at 8:26am
That is cool, but how mush is it to fix when it gets vandalized by a bunch of punks with nothing better to do?
Blues22475
August 12, 2010 at 7:21am
Awesome. We need vending machines like that, xD. This is the kind of thing I imagined when I was a kid, or when I saw them in high-tech animes.
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