The dystopian bullet kiosks are the brainchild of a Texas-based venture called American Rounds, and use built-in AI technology and facial recognition software to ensure that its high noon 24/7.
Canada has great schools, doctors and low levels of crime. Now there’s another reason to consider hopping across the pond to the land of Mounties and maple leaves.
French YouTube user ioduremetallique, has made a robotic arm that reaches inside vending machines, and pilfers multiple cans of soda. The video shows how the robot works inside and outside of the vending machine. The only downfall is that the video is in French.
Any article discussing some fun new tech in Japan is liable to be instantly out of date, because those guys have everything. Voice synthesizers, Olympic robots, eco-friendly Christmas lights – whatever. But this is new, and probably practical enough to port overseas: vending machines that sell Wi-Fi accessible within a 50m radius.