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Gold-Dispensing Vending Machine Coming to the U.S.: Our Economy Demands It!

How does the government expect everyone to spend their unemployment checks? On gold, of course. A “couple of hundred” Gold to Go machines, joining the 35 which already exist in the Middle East, Italy, Spain and Germany, will be installed in the United States, so everyone and their mother can buy 1 gram, 5 gram, 10 gram and 28 gram (1 ounce) gold bars, and international coins from countries such as South Africa, Australia and Canada. Easily tradable for plenty... Continue reading

An ATM for Prescriptions

While I’m not sure if machines will ever be a completely trusted way of dealing out drugs to prescription holders, Sainsbury’s supermarkets in the UK are testing out an automated express prescription machine. Prescription holders can avoid the long-line of the pharmacy to quickly scan their empty medicine bottle and slip it into an envelope which is placed inside the machine. The customer is given a receipt listing their pick-up time. A licensed pharmacist still needs to handle the actual... Continue reading

Functional ATM Made Out of LEGOs

LEGO designer Ronald McCrae created this amazing functional ATM made entirely out of LEGOs. How functional is it? Just check it out for yourself: This Lego NXT Automatic Teller Machine includes HiTechnic IRLink and a Codatex RFID Sensor, and just like any other ATM, it demands the PIN number.  Along with a functional keypad, a display screen, it flaunts 9×13 pixel rotated text font, and makes use of NXT buttons function to select the menu options. And not only does... Continue reading

ATM Piggy Bank Won’t Help You Save

Here’s a great idea gone wrong. Take the piggy bank. A staple of American childhood that has taught us how to save for a rainy day. You put money in and don’t take anything out until it’s full. Enter the ATM bank. It’s a fully-operational ATM and will keep a tally of how much money you put in. Need to make a withdrawal? It comes its very own debit card so you can take out cash for fat sack of... Continue reading

Windows-powered ATM just got served!

Why would an ATM be running Windows? Who knows! Using a cheap ATM at a movie cinema, Blogger Melissa from Melissatogo, totally pwns and serves this Windows powered device. Oh, Snap! Ok, enough with the out of fashion teenage colloquialisms. This makes us extremely insecure about using ATM’s now. Or at least any ATM’s located anywhere other than a bank. She explains that the screen was blank except for the windows task bar on the bottem. After carefully examining the... Continue reading