Category: Vending Machine Idea

You can now find vending machine in Video Game! (Stray)

Interacting with the vending machine by pressing Triangle will spit out an Energy Drink for you to collect. It can be traded for different collectibles, including Sheet Music, and one of the collectible Memories.

About the Video Game “Stray”

The video game “Stray” features a unique protagonist: a cat. Players control this feline adventurer as it navigates through a neon-lit, cyberpunk-inspired city filled with robots and mysterious creatures.

The game brilliantly utilizes the natural behaviors and abilities of a cat to solve puzzles and traverse the environment, offering players a fresh perspective unlike traditional human or fantasy characters.

Another fascinating aspect is the level of detail in the animation of the cat, making movements and behaviors highly realistic and endearing, which contributes significantly to the immersive experience.

Moreover, “Stray” not only focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving but also tells a touching story about loneliness, friendship, and the quest for belonging, wrapped in an atmospheric and beautifully crafted world.

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Thomaston, Georgia. Mr. BJ Chamberlain set up what he’s calling “The Goblin Market” at Rock City Cafe in Rockland.

A few of the items you can currently find in the sole Goblin Market machine include: tarot cards, a “party kit” featuring heart-shaped glasses and a colorful wig, Pop Rocks, a product that changes the color of flames in a fire and several booklets, including one on lessons for employee-owned cooperatives.

Chamberlain will be adding edible crickets from a Lewiston-based company to the machine, a product he’s particularly excited about.

The first batch of items in the Goblin Market was largely wholesale products he could get a certain quantity of, just to get the machine going. But he looks forward to partnering with local artists and makers to get their artwork and wares in the machine, as well as the CDs or cassettes from local musicians.

“My short term goal is just to shake things up. I think there’s a lot of market for edgier, more punk rock kind of stuff and there aren’t a lot of places to get that around here,”

Chamberlain

Random items within Vending Machine:

1. Electronics: Some vending machines sell small electronic gadgets like headphones, power banks, and even smartphones. These are particularly common in airports or high-traffic urban areas catering to travelers and tech enthusiasts.
2. Books and Literature: Book vending machines exist, offering everything from bestsellers and classics to magazines and comic books. This concept is popular in places like train stations or libraries, providing a quick and easy way for people to grab reading material on the go.
3. Fresh Foods: In certain locations, vending machines dispense fresh foods such as salads, sandwiches, fruits, and even sushi. These machines often feature refrigeration and sometimes microwave capabilities to keep food fresh and ready to eat.
4. Gold Bars and Jewelry: High-end vending machines can be found in affluent areas or tourist spots, selling items like gold bars, silver coins, and pieces of jewelry. These serve as both a novelty and an accessible investment opportunity.
5. Clothing and Accessories: From socks and t-shirts to umbrellas and hats, vending machines in places like hotels, gyms, and transportation hubs provide clothing and accessories that cater to immediate needs or emergencies.
6. Toys and Collectibles: Vending machines with toys, collectible figurines, and trading cards are popular among children and collectors. Some of these machines offer surprise elements, making them appealing for those who enjoy the thrill of unpredictability.
7. Medical Supplies: Certain vending machines stock medical supplies including over-the-counter medications, first aid kits, and personal protective equipment like masks and hand sanitizers. These are especially useful in public spaces and healthcare facilities.
8. Live Plants and Flowers: For a touch of nature, there are vending machines that sell potted plants, succulents, and fresh flowers, perfect for those looking to brighten up their homes or offices spontaneously.

These examples showcase how vending machines have adapted to meet various demands and preferences, transforming from simple snack dispensers into versatile providers of everyday essentials and luxuries.

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Spotted! M&M’S Vending Machine in Netherland. Our favorite chocolate!

History of M&M

M&M originated in the United States in 1941, inspired by a method used to allow soldiers in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) to carry chocolate in warm climates. The company’s longest-lasting slogan reflects this: “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” 

Fun Facts about M&M’s

• The two ‘M’s represent the names of Forrest E. Mars Sr., the founder of Newark Company, and Bruce Murrie, son of Hershey Chocolate’s president William F. R. Murrie, who had a 20 percent share in the product. The arrangement allowed the candies to be made with Hershey chocolate, as Hershey had control of the rationed chocolate at the time.
• M&M’s had become so popular by 1950 that an ingenious solution for consumers to distinguish the real M&M’s from inferior imitators was to stamp each candy with the now famous “m”.
• The letter “M” was printed on the candy in black ink until 1954; now it’s printed in white.
• In 1972, the colorful characters first appeared on packaging, helping with M&Ms brand awareness. 
• Green’s shoe-wear, her Go-Go boots, was chosen due to early drawings of the character showing her with less than flattering ankles.
• She joined the M&Ms pack as a character in 1997, while Red, Blue, and Yellow had been introduced back in 1995.
• M&M’s Chocolate Candies are made in New Jersey and Tennessee, and became internationally available in the 1980s
• Over 400 million M&Ms are produced each day.
• MEGA M&Ms in both milk chocolate and peanut varieties were introduced in 2014
• The Crispy variety, a limited edition from 1998, was brought back by popular demand and is now a part of the regular line up
• Pretzel M&Ms were released in 2010, with Orange becoming its spokescandy.
• Blue M&Ms weren’t always a thing. In 1995 a marketing event asked Americans to vote on a new color to appear in the traditional M&M’s Chocolate Candies mix.

Source

• spoonuniversity.com

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Treat-filled vending machines can be a source of controversy, but there’s no way anyone could argue against the socially nutritious stunt campaign by Quebec’s Literacy Foundation in Montreal.

Instead of dropping chips and pop into people’s hands, the machine distributes packets of words. This vending machine is one element of a much larger literacy campaign underway, which includes website, TV and radio spots, t-shirts, newspaper classified ads and Facebook app.

The idea is to buy words for people who can’t read them. When you buy a word to support literacy efforts, the money that you contribute goes towards the foundation to fund programs.

Justin Kingsley, VP special operations, Bleublancrouge

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UNICEF’s ongoing Tap Project continues to use ideas to communicate its simple but important on-going mission. Its next idea is using a dirty water vending machine.

During World Water Week, visitors were able to sample the taste and benefits of Dirty Water. Available in a wide variety of choices like malaria, cholera or even typhoid, Dirty Water was not a new edgy designer brand but a way of bringing the realities of the world water crisis to every day’s life.

A specially customised vending machine dispensed murky discoloured water in various appealing “flavours”, as campaign staff tried to persuade onlookers to part with their cash in return for “contaminated” water.

Unsurprisingly, while many people chose to pass on the contaminated water, they did choose to donate money to the Tap Project fund, either by putting money directly into the vending machine, or by text donations.

This eye-opening Dirty Water initiative from Casanova Pendrill New York, went beyond the usual collection strategies for Unicef with this unique street activation, that shocked the local public who encountered the event.

Facts on Clean water

• 650 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one out of every 10 people on the planet.
• Twice the population of the United States does not have access to safe water.
• 2.4 billion people have no safe sanitation facilities or latrines. That’s one out of every three people worldwide.
• Only 3 percent of the world’s water is fresh water, and two-thirds of that is tucked away in frozen glaciers or otherwise unavailable for our use.
• By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages.
• Water stress is the impact that lack of water has on a society, affecting nutrition, public health, environmental services, housing and urban growth, and national security. Today, a third of the world’s population lives under water-stressed conditions that affect socio-economic development.
• Every minute, a newborn baby dies from infection caused by a lack of safe water and an unclean environment.
• 42% of healthcare facilities in Africa do not have access to safe water.
• Water in Accra, Ghana, costs three times as much as in New York City.
• In September 2015, world leaders committed to 17 Global Development Goals for Sustainable Development. Goal #6 aims to provide everyone in the world with clean water and proper toilets by the year 2030.

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The exhibit on the Vote Vending Machine starts with this introduction:

As a conservation charity with limited funds, Chester Zoo has to support projects that will give the greatest impact. This often means making difficult decisions between spending our money in the UK or abroad.

Following are descriptions of the five projects:

• The upkeep of Chester Zoo’s Realm of the Red Ape exhibit, which supports the orang-utan breeding programme in Europe.
• Government lobbying to stop unlicensed logging.
• Develop eco-tourism to promote alternative livelihoods for communities living alongside the orang-utans.
• National park wardens to protect the forest and prevent poaching.
• Education programmes in Sumutra and Borneo to change behaviours and attitudes towards wildlife and conservation.

Visitors are then asked ‘which would you support?’ and are given the opportunity to vote by purchasing a £1 badge from the machine, which will be used for good cause.

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A charity vending machine that supports educations in Cambodia was installed at COOP Life Center on Nishi-Chiba Campus with 2% of its sales go towards the education fund.

Cambodia is facing problems including lack of educators and low quality of education. Customers can quench their thirst while supporting the Cambodia’s education system.

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Coca-Cola and Japanese Red Cross have rolled out a vending machine that lets users donate money directly with the vending machine. The simple introduction of the charity button is aimed at making it easier for users to donate towards the rebuilding of areas hardest hit by disasters in Japan.

Users are given the option of donating either ¥10 or ¥100, and similar to a normal purchase, the buttons will light up when the money is inserted. But instead of receiving a beverage when pressed, the machine emits a loud ‘Thank you very much for the donation’.

The units themselves are branded with the iconic red cross and have some images of the work carrying out by the Japan Red Cross around the world and in Tohoku as part of the ongoing relief efforts.

Fun facts about Red Cross

• A gruesome battle sparked the idea for the Red Cross. In 1859 Swiss entrepreneur Jean Henri Dunant witnessed the Battle of Solferino, in which some 40,000 troops were killed or wounded in a single day. Since neither army had much of a medical corps, Dunant organized a group of volunteers to bring food and water to the wounded, to treat their injuries and to write letters to their families.
• The Red Cross has won more Nobel Peace Prizes than anyone. Dunant played little role with the Red Cross after a court held him primarily responsible for the 1867 collapse of the bank Crédit Genevois, where he served as a director. Nonetheless, he secured the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 along with leading French pacifist Frédéric Passy.
• From 2004 through 2008, 51 percent of the disasters to which the IFRC responded were weather related.

Source

• History.com

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Unfortunately, there’s no easy fix when it comes to work place incidents. WorkSafe Victoria brought to life the terrifying consequences of work place incidents with this striking installation. A Workplace Safety Vending Machine designed to sell spare body parts.

The Body-O-Matic machine was first unveiled at the National Careers and Employment Expo and on a statewide tour of worksites and training facilities.

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An interesting Cartoon showing Corporate Campaign Vending Machine. May be a future and more interactive way to vote? There is country require voter to write down the candidate’s name (correctly!) to make the vote count.

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