Raw milk vending machines are drawing plenty of European customers — and increasing amount of envy from raw milk advocates in the United States. Read more at Modern Farmer.
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CNet: Vending machine maker Sanden, which has some 30 percent of the global market, has been showing off a hand-cranked vending machine for emergencies when the power’s out and solar generation isn’t available or feasible. Japan had some 5 million vending machines as of the end of 2010, including coin lockers, and they’re nearly ubiquitous,
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Wired Rawfile: Photographer Billy Hunt thought he had found a way to hack his portrait subjects’ awkwardness: a scream-activated photo booth. “I’ve done a lot of portrait work and you can see the war in these people’s brains when you try to take their picture,” says Hunt. “People always want to present themselves in a
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China Daily: On a hot July day in 2010, Wang and some of his fellow villagers went shopping downtown and bought some beverages from a vending machine. Suddenly they got the idea to sell vegetables with the machines, prompting Wang and six others to establish a company to do just that. Then Wang discovered that
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If you get a hankering for caviar on the go, and you’re in Los Angeles, three new caviar vending machines conveniently located around the city will take good care of you. Beverly Hills Caviar recently installed the machines, which also dispense truffles, escargot, bottarga blinis, gourmet salts and caviar accessories in Century City, Westfield Topanga
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This looks promising. What looks like the world’s first smoothie vending machine, Juva Juice, made its debut on Mississippi State University’s campus in January. MSU alumnus Justin Mitchener began working six years ago on a machine that would offer a healthier drink alternative for students on-the-go. The first and only machine on the market was
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InstyMeds is bringing vending machine convenience to the world of medicine. The Star Tribune has more: It looks like an oversized cash machine. But instead of spitting out greenbacks, it dispenses prescription medicine. For Michael Powell, who slipped his debit card into one of the machines at North Memorial Medical Center recently, the on-site convenience
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Photo Booths are quickly becoming the “must have†feature of any successful wedding, party or other event, providing not only great fun for guests but also lasting memories for both your customer; the party host, and their guests. Until June last year, Marie Mason an administrator for a local bailiff’s office in the West Midlands,
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Bag of Ice is targeting vending operators with a versatile line of machines that the company says are designed to make it simple to profit from selling ice. The compact venders come in four models — the smallest measuring 34” wide x 52” deep x 112” high — that produce quantities of ice equal to
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This video below shows a live crab vending machine from China that dispenses hibernating Chinese mitten crabs in little plastic cages. The crab is a famous delicacy in Shanghai cuisine and is prized for the female crab roe. The inside of the crab vending machine is kept at 41 degrees, a temperature cold enough to
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