“DISC, or "Delays to Influence Snack Choice,” … is a platform inserted inside a vending machine that catches snacks falling from the top half of the machine, where a vending machine operator would ...

Now it’s no longer your mom reminding you not to eat that Twinkie. A new vending machine uses facial recognition technology to deny would-be snackers from buying certain foods that don’t fit their ...

Several leading snack-food makers have entered into a voluntary agreement to provide healthier options for school vending machines as part of an agreement with former President Clinton’s foundation ...

Delaying access to tempting, high-calorie foods and snacks in vending machines potentially can shift people's choices to purchase less desired, but healthier snack options, new research suggests.

In the middle of a nationwide obesity epidemic, a handy device dripping with temptation often lurks around the workplace corner – the vending machine. America’s vending machine industry earned $21.6 ...

Replacing vending machine fare in Chicago parks with healthier snacks significantly increased total monthly sales, new research shows. Chicago, with its 100% Healthier Snack Vending Initiative, is one ...

Pity poor American consumers, stuck late at work, overnight at hospitals or preparing for drives home after long days at amusement parks. With no cash but ATM-crisp $20 bills, they gaze, longingly, ...

Seems like just about every hackerspace eventually ends up with an old vending machine that gets hacked and modded to serve up parts, tools, and consumables. But why don’t more hackerspaces build ...

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