http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
They are years ahead of us in terms of science and common sense.

I love that country!]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/I agre about the science part... but sometimes Japan goes so far over the top I don't think even they know what they're doing.
Awesome country, and I actually like their over-the-top-ness, but, well, let's just say not everything is put into pratical use lol. ]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/They'll soon have cameras on the machines that can recognize you and remember what sodas you like.
Then they'll start to recognize regular customers and give them a discounted price.
Then... God only knows.]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
We have smaller touch screen vending machines here in the States. I've seen one that dispenses Wonka candy. The screen looked real dirty as if Augustus Gloop had his chocolaty hands all over it.]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
In tech maybe but there culture is something else.]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
I see they didn't demo the pantie selection screen.]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Because they manufacture it]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Funny! where the best Android phone you can buy currently is Xperia 10 :(]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Indeed, I wonder if they will apply this tech to their used knicker machines?]]>Aug 11th 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/They would have clans of people with face masks, achieving awesome discounts]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/They've already got a camera on it; http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1008/10/news080.html (Japanese) says it recognizes ages and sex using face detection in up to 75% accuracy.]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/STFU!
You are just excited because you see something cool.
And in all that high fructose corn syrup shit is diabetes!!! Yeah, common sense.]]>Aug 11th 2010 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/As a type 1 diabetic I don't think the rest of people should be denied products they like just because of possible problems. Teach children to consume in moderation and you have shown more sense. That said, I don't like vending machines gaining the ability to track purchases and do face recognition. I hope that's not where they are going.]]>Aug 11th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Um, except that these machines have been in my mall for a while now:

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/film_video/cocacolas_video_vending_machine_wins_gold_lion_at_cannes_120487.asp

]]>Aug 11th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Also like Jap Chick, Food, Comic.]]>Aug 12th 2010 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/I'd rather see my drink in 3D before purchasing.
*hint* *hint*]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Do you think there will be a version for soiled knickers any time soon?]]>Aug 11th 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Cool idea though...]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
They already have vending machines on wide open sidewalks already. Like if you're walking down the street, there are vending machines just sitting there barely guarded. Oh, and the last time I went there which was like five years ago, there was Fanta Grape in just about every machine. It's nearly impossible to find Grape Soda in vending machines today in the US! But back to the subject, of course there's probably a camera of sorts watching what's going on to catch anybody who does things and Japan (along with many other countries) actually discipline criminals so it isn't much of an issue there. Although this applies to Singapore and not Japan, Michael Fay, nuff said.]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
I think he was talking about the 47" touch screen being destroyed...not the vending machine itself... I mean we have vending machines in the US~ are they ever guarded?]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
That is why we cannot have nice things ]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Anything that makes people think is good. ]]>Aug 11th 2010 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/In Japan, entire nation is so crowded that there's no time in a day without people's eyes are on those vending machines. Seriously, population here is exact 10 times dense from US according to Wolfram Alpha.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+density+japan+usa]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
That's not really saying much, the US is very sparsely populated. Even Ireland with a population of 4 million people has nearly twice the density of the US and it's 300+ million]]>Aug 11th 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/But in the cities, the respective population densities wouldn't differ that much.]]>Aug 11th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
Well, shopping centers are viable anywhere. Street culture makes a lot of things 'not viable', in all sorts of places. For instance, begging, in Japan, on the street, for change. Now that's not really viable.
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Falcon pawnches*]]>Aug 11th 2010 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
This is why we won't be getting any giant LCDs vending machines in the states soon ...]]>Aug 11th 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/wateen-telecom-launches-massive-wimax-network-in-pakistan/]]>Aug 11th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/Aug 11th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/japan-takes-vending-machines-to-their-logical-47-inch-extreme/
iVender
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