SandStar has debuted the SandStar VRK, an vending kiosk featuring AI computer vision. The VRK aims to transforms the unattended retail experience into an elegant, high-performance storefront, ...

We take on a challenging vending machine puzzle, breaking down the strategy and clever mechanics behind its creative solution. The drunkest countries in the world Vulture at Chinese zoo becomes online ...

White Castle is introducing vending machines that serve hot sliders on demand. The first kiosks are located at airports in Boston and Fort Myers, Florida. There are currently no plans to install the ...

Maybe we don’t need the Turing test, because there’s a mighty obstacle that’s proving far more challenging to AI models’ supposedly burgeoning intelligence: running a vending machine without going ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hattiesburg is taking a new step to help save lives in the fight against opioid overdoses. For years, James Moore had handed out free Narcan at his Hattiesburg bike shop, ...

The air is different on the first floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union. Gone is the lonely smell of cleaning products. They have a new brother to contend with. That new smell is grease.

Loneliness is considered a serious health issue, worsened by the COVID pandemic. Coca-Cola's "Hug Me" vending machines reward users with soda for giving hugs. “Our goal was…to put a smile on your face ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The health department has installed four HealthToGo vending machines throughout Lincoln, offering free health, hygiene and safety supplies to residents. The machines currently ...

Nicotine pouch vending machines are becoming a standard feature in tech company offices despite known health risks. It has become an increasingly accepted way to increase productivity in an industry ...

REXBURG – By the end of his first term at Brigham Young University-Idaho, Donovan Strader and his cousin, Carter, had a registered startup aimed at fixing a perceived challenge for many students: ...

Unless you want to lose a whole lot of money, don’t rush to hire an AI bot to run your vending machine. That’s the lesson from a recent experiment in AI autonomy, piloted by Joanna Stern, tech ...