Comments on: Vending Machines Take Finger Scans Instead of Cash

By: Illuminati News – Vending Machines Take Finger Scans Instead of Cash

Illuminati News – Vending Machines Take Finger Scans Instead of Cash — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:02:35 +0000

[...] singularityhub.com | Aug 24, 2009 [...]

By: This Next Generation Vending Machine Has A Touchscreen And A 65-Inch HD Display (video) | Singularity Hub

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:06:32 +0000

[...] that collect money and dispense soda and candy bars, vending machines are being fitted with finger scanners and communicating with each other so you can buy your cross-country friend a Pepsi. Some vending [...]

By: Pepsi’s New Social Vending Machine Lets You Reach Out And Refresh Someone (video) | Singularity Hub

Tue, 03 May 2011 22:14:57 +0000

[...] picture. We’ve seen all sorts of new additions to vending machines in the last few years. Hitachi experimented with fingerprint scans being used instead of cash. Robots serve ice cream in Japanese amusement parks. There are even German farms that use vending [...]

By: chrisFranko

chrisFranko — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:12:00 +0000

i bet if the finger is cut off, the vein pattern would change due to veins losing size and form due to lack of blood flow. just my guess.

By: chrisFranko

chrisFranko — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:11:00 +0000

this is science, not biblical. i can make a prediction that someone will take a shit in a can “one day” and the odds of that happening “one day” are 100%. gtfo

By: chrisFranko

chrisFranko — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:09:00 +0000

wow. this is insane

By: Theron Rameau

Theron Rameau — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:21:45 +0000

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By: Theron Rameau

Theron Rameau — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:21:00 +0000

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By: Starbucks App Lets You Buy Coffee With Your iPhone (Video)

Starbucks App Lets You Buy Coffee With Your iPhone (Video) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:19:13 +0000

[...] Starbucks already had an online system dedicated to tracking and updating their gift cards, so switching from plastic to iPhone (or iPod Touch) wasn’t such a big leap forward. It’s all just digital information. By partnering with another major retailer (Target), Starbucks is attempting a huge roll out of this program. There’s no telling if consumers will actually want the new system. The App may cut down on the amount of plastic you carry, but it isn’t dramatically easier to handle. There is some added security (you can password protect your cards and/or your phone) and you’re less likely to misplace a smart phone. Is that enough incentive to get you to switch? Either way, if the Starbucks Card Mobile App succeeds, expect other major companies to follow soon thereafter. I suspect that other companies with similar card databases (Jamba Juice, Best Buy, etc) could follow suit very easily, and maybe even credit card companies could get in on the action. You wouldn’t need your wallet anymore. Who knows, we may eventually lose the electronics all together and just pay for food with our fingerprints. [...]

By: Starbucks App Lets You Buy Coffee With Your iPhone (Video) | Singularity Hub

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:37:49 +0000

By: US Healthcare Bill Requires Restaurants to Display Calories on Menus, But Will it Help? | Singularity Hub

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:54:46 +0000

[...] get a 100 calories from potato chips versus 100 calories from raisins? Maybe instead of getting smarter vending machines we should just get vending machines that dispense better [...]

By: Schlag

Schlag — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:33 +0000

Those are some good points. But, with a lot of competition out there offering very similar items for free, it

By: Schlag

Schlag — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:00 +0000

Those are some good points. But, with a lot of competition out there offering very similar items for free, it

By: Farm Fresh Goods In A Vending Machine | Singularity Hub

Farm Fresh Goods In A Vending Machine | Singularity Hub — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:34 +0000

[...] But the restructuring is likely to extend into traditional businesses as well. Not only can a vending machine take a fingerprint as payment, but now we see them supplying farm goods. The machine removes the middleman (distributors, chain [...]

By: Finger goes in, Coke comes out « ThinkingShift

Finger goes in, Coke comes out « ThinkingShift — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:45:53 +0000

[...] to purchase a Coke or Mars Bar by jabbing your finger into Hitachi’s vending machine. This machine “uses light to scan and read the number and orientation of veins in your finger tip without [...]