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Updates to the Vending Machine World – A Week at a Glance

Here is a wrap-up of this weeks vending machine news.

PepsiCo debuts a new and completely Hydro-Fluoro-Carbon free machine at the Super Bowl, did I mention it was also energy efficient? PepsiCo says, "We introduced the first vending machine using CO2 technology to the US market last year, and today we are introducing the first HC cooler to the US market." (Source: PepsiCo Debuts Energy-Efficient, HFC-Free Cooler at Super Bowl)

And don't forget Feb. 7th will be the time for the Super Bowl!

New discussion and possible outrage is arising over legislation over health bills that target snack vending machines. The legislation will require vending machine operators to include calorie and nutritional facts about their products being offered on their machines. TheStreet.com reports, "Just one mere sentence in the Senate version of the bill could cost the vending machine industry as much as $56.4 million in added costs during the first year of reform" (Source: Health Bills Target Tanning, Snack Machines)

How about something on the bleeding edge of vending machine technology? One article on ThomasNet News tells us of a wireless "machine to machine" device which is capable of relaying vending statistics back to the home base, from afar. It's the G-4500 Series, by ICP DAS USA, Inc. (Source: Machine to Machine Communication with G-4500 Series)

Did you know the famously "rapture-esque" PC gaming title BioShock and BioShock 2 has vending machines? Instead of reality, this vending machine remains in the vast and excitingly fearful landscape of the game, and it's called the Gatherer's Garden vending machine, which can vend you some plasmaids for some in-game powerups. (Source: EXCLUSIVE: 'BioShock 2' Guide - Every Plasmid And Tonic Revealed)

Toronto is doing something a bit different, and instead of giving prescriptions out like we would at our local pharmacies, they elect a prescription vending machine instead. These ATM-like kiosks, refill your prescription-all for convenience! (Source: ATM-like kiosks to fill prescriptions in Ont. hospitals, remote areas)

When you pull up to the gas station to refill your tank, always remember that could be olive oil, or fruit juice instead, coming from the pumps. No really, a company called Wrap is packaging up our favorites and putting them in a gas-tank like pump system, all for your convenience. Trial markets are continuing.  (Source: Buy fabric conditioner from refill machine to save money)

We know the legacy of cigarette vending machines here in America, but in the U.K. they are still prominent, at least for now. New legislation that might be enacted, propose for the banning of cigarette vending machines and other smoking related advertising. (Source: Imperial Hits Back at U.K. Cigarette Packaging Proposal)

Interesting fact: Did you know that The Book of Odds pegs the chance of a person dying from a vending machine accident in a year at 1 in 112 million.

We all know texting is how many people communicate digitally now, but did you know texting can also buy you a can of soda? New "Machine to Machine" technology will make texting interface with vending machines, allowing you to text what you want to a vending machine, and get what you ordered! (Source: M2M – Hype or Reality?)

Going off "the deep end" has a whole new meaning, because we now have a live lobster vending machine! This vending machine is located at places like Tinoco’s Kitchen and Micky Finnz in Las Vegas and promises that for $2.00 per try, you could have your lobster meal, straight from the machine. (Source: Cool or cruel? This game lets you play with your food)