Snack machine of the 21st century

Damian Koh | Jul 16, 2009

(CreditL TechFresh)

If you're wondering what it's like to walk up to a vending machine and grab yourself a quick snack in the 21st century, let's just say your experience won't be radically different. But if Samsung and Kraft have their way, we could see eye-popping 46-inch touchscreens replacing plastic see-through panels in the future.

Instead of punching a combination of letters and numbers on a physical keypad on the machine, you simply tap on the screen to get to your desired calorie reduced snack.

Nutritional information is literally a finger touch away, although we suspect most people would conveniently ignore that. There's also a flip screen option for the vertically challenged, so the products at the top will switch places with those at the bottom.

Payment modes are via the old-fashioned way of inserting small change or swiping your credit card. As these machines are network-ready, the owners will know which snacks are more popular, know when to replace them, and even send specific advertising messages to the display.

Now all we need is to holler out to Samsung and Kraft that we need one in our Crave Asia office.

Via Newlaunches

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