Unusual vending machines from around the world | Tech It Out

 

Did you know the first modern vending machine was introduced in London in the early 1880's it was used to dispense postcards today you can buy all kinds of weird things at vending machines see I to believe it  ever thought that digital products which usually exist in the non-tangible cyber world would one day be sold like a soda or a candy bar well it's happening now a digital art collecting platform neon has launched the first in-person NFT vending machine in New York city the NFT ATM looks like any traditional vending machine but it offers quick response codes also called qr codes these codes come on slips in small paper Boxes once the qr code is utilized the user can view their new piece of art on an smartphone laptop or tablet the price of the products ranges from six to four hundred and twenty dollars unlike traditional vending machines where consumers select which item they need those using the neon machine will have little option other than the initial price point what's kind of fun about the vending machine is you don't know what you're going to get so you buy a color could be any color you buy a pigeon could be any Pigeon and so it's it's one of the fun gamified dimensions of NFTS that  me as a NFT collector over time one of the things you love is the randomness of like which one are you gonna get and uh you don't really have that decision there so that's one of the exciting Aspects the vending machine which is bringing digital items into the analog world is protected with a security camera on top neon hopes to roll out more vending machines in malls and other public Spaces some vending machines are also capable of dispensing extremely large and extremely expensive objects  recently online auto retailer caravan debuted its newest car vending machine in San Diego in fact the company has deployed such machines in nearly 30 states across the u.s in Singapore autobahn motors has installed a similar vending machine for car buyers this one is a glass fronted 15 story building that displays all the cars on Sale from the comfort of a plush sofa on the ground floor potential buyers can order a Ferrari , Maserati or Lamborghini among other brands all that with the touch of a handheld Device once the selection is made a promotional video of that car is played on a flat screen television while the vehicle is automatically transported down by a lift but here's a tip don't try to shake it.

 

 

If it gets stuck some countries are also letting people access animals through these machines in china the hairy crab is a delicacy the country has deployed vending machines to sell live crabs the machines maintain a temperature between 3 and 6 degrees Celsius to keep the crabs in a dormant state visitors to japan are often struck by the sheer number of vending machines in the country there are an estimated 5 million plus vending machines scattered throughout the country people can buy all sorts of things including pets through these vending Machines for animal lovers watching their furry friends being sold like a pack of chips may be distressing to see  there is a vending machine for just about everything this machine in Rome can prepare a pizza in just three minutes customers pay and choose which toppings they want margarita bacon four kinds of cheese and spicy salami they can see it made before their own Eyes globally all kinds of unorthodox things are now being sold in vending machines which one of them do you find the most bizarre.