News tagged with vending machines
Pinterest gets $100 mn, led by Japan's Rakuten
Japanese online giant Rakuten announced Thursday it was leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, a fast-growing US bulletin-board style social media website.
May 17, 2012 |
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Hall effect magnetic field sensors for high temperatures and harmful radiation environments
Toyohashi Tech researchers have fabricated Hall effect magnetic field sensors operable at least 400 C and in extreme radiation conditions using gallium nitride-based heterostructures a with two-dimensional ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Amazon in streaming video deal with Viacom
Amazon announced a deal with entertainment giant Viacom on Wednesday, building up its arsenal of television shows as it takes on video streaming market leader Netflix.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Kraft uses Intel technology in vending machine to target customers by age
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a clever mix of technology and marketing, Kraft Foods has teamed up with Intel to create a vending machine, called the iSample, that can dispense free pudding samples to adults only; it’s ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Redbox's golden opportunity: higher Netflix prices
(AP) -- Netflix is giving Redbox a golden opportunity to gain some ground.
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Advertisers scan faces to tailor pitches
Picture this: You stop in front of a digital advertising display at a mall and suddenly an ad pops up touting makeup, followed by one for shoes and then one for butter pecan ice cream.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Vending machines go high-tech with Web-based systems
Vending machines are getting a lot smarter - and tougher to shake down.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Retailers want to sell you gadgets, buy them back later, and then sell them again
You know that shiny smart phone you bought six months ago? There's an even better one hitting the market right about now. Or how about that flat-panel TV you bought last year. Now they come in 3-D.
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Japan vending machines to charge electric cars
Ten Japanese companies said Monday they plan to install electric vehicle chargers at the sites of beverage vending machines across Japan in a cost-cutting tie-up.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Children should design their own school meals, says research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Bath recommends a radical rethink of school food to give pupils a central role in designing meals and ownership of issues such as queuing, littering and marketing ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Taiwan develops face-recognising vending machine
A face-recognising vending machine developed in Taiwan is able to offer hair-growing tonic to balding men and razors to people with beards, one of the inventors said Friday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Obama: Nutrition bill vital to children's future
(AP) -- Thousands more children would get into school-based meal programs and those lunches and dinners would become more nutritious under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Monday, part of an administration-wide ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Childrens' overall diet affected by school vending machine choices
Vending machines in public schools influence the diets of school children and can affect overall dietary intake and health, depending on what foods they contain.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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High-calorie beverages still widely available in elementary schools: study
High-calorie beverages not allowed by national guidelines are still available in a majority of U.S. elementary schools, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the March 2011 print issue of Archives of ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Redbox to expand movie rentals to Web
As more consumers leave DVDs behind for digital downloads, the company that brought movie vending machines to grocery stores nationwide is following the audience.
Oct 29, 2010 |
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