Editing Vending machine (section)

==Specialized vending machines==
From 2000 to 2010, the specialization of vending machines became more common. Vending extended increasingly into non-traditional areas like electronics, or even artwork<ref>{{cite web|title=Le collectif européen d'artistes mixed-médias UCD – Un certain détachement propose des multiples d'art au travers de distributeurs automatiques|url=http://www.uncertaindetachement.com/ucd/|publisher=UCD|access-date=16 May 2014|language=fr}}</ref> or short stories.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bock|first1=Pauline|title=How a City in France Got the World's First Short-Story Vending Machines|url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-a-city-in-france-got-the-worlds-first-short-story-vending-machines|access-date=22 January 2016|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=January 2016}}</ref>  Machines of this new category are generally called [[automated retail]] kiosks. When using an automated retail machine, consumers select products, sometimes using a [[touchscreen]] interface, pay for purchases using a credit or debit card and then the product is dispensed, sometimes via an internal robotic arm in the machine.<ref name="Johnson 2005">{{cite web | last=Johnson | first=Bary Alyssa | title=Zoom Systems Offers iPod Vending Machines | website=PC Magazine | date=24 October 2005 | url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1876717,00.asp | access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref> The trend of specialization and proliferation of vending machines is perhaps most apparent in Japan where vending machines sell products from toilet paper to hot meals and pornography, and there is 1 vending machine per 23 people.

===Ammunition vending machine===
In 2024, a company called American Rounds began operating vending machines that sell firearm [[ammunition]] in grocery stores in the U.S. states of Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. The machines use age-verification technology and facial recognition technology to make sure that buyers are at least 21 years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Carby |first1=Anissa |last2=Shukla |first2=Navya |date=13 July 2024 |title=Company debuts vending machines selling ammunition in 3 Southern states |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/us/vending-machines-ammunition-alabama-texas-oklahoma/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714074550/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/us/vending-machines-ammunition-alabama-texas-oklahoma/index.html |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref name=CPR100724>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2024 |title=A Colorado grocery store will soon have its own ammo vending machine |url=https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/10/vending-machine-selling-ammunition-will-be-installed-in-colorado/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710172358/https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/10/vending-machine-selling-ammunition-will-be-installed-in-colorado/ |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Another company, called Master Ammo, operates similar machines that lack age-verification systems in gun clubs and [[gun ranges]] that have age requirements for entering.<ref name=CPR100724></ref>

===Automobile vending machine===
In November 2013, online auto retailer [[Carvana]] opened the first car vending machine in the U.S., located in [[Atlanta]] dispensing various models of [[used cars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Carvana opens used car vending machine in Atlanta|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/carvana-opens-used-car-vending-machine-in-atlanta|publisher=FoxNews.com|access-date=29 April 2014}}</ref>

In late 2016, Autobahn Motors, a car dealership in Singapore, opened a 15-story-tall luxury car vending machine containing 60 cars, dispensing [[Ferrari]] and [[Lamborghini]] vehicles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/16/news/sports-car-vending-machine-singapore/index.html |title=This 150-foot-tall 'vending machine' will serve you a Ferrari |work=CNN |date=16 May 2017}}</ref>

===Bait vending machine===
A [[bait machine]] is a vending machine that dispenses live [[fishing bait]], such as worms and crickets, for fishing.<ref name="Houston Chronicle 2017">{{cite web | title=Fishing bait vending machine in Texas is among most convenient things found at San Leon gas station | website=Houston Chronicle | date=31 May 2017 | url=http://www.chron.com/news/strange-weird/article/Fishing-bait-vending-machine-in-Texas-11186381.php | access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="DeANGELIS 2015">{{cite web | last=DeAgelis | first=Martin | title=Odd hours, bait vending machines: How to please striper anglers | website=Press of Atlantic City | date=9 November 2015 | url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/business/odd-hours-bait-vending-machines-how-to-please-striper-anglers/article_93fcd77c-859a-11e5-b35f-0f722a41ab84.html | access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>

===Book vending machine===
[[File:The Biblio-Mat (cropped).jpg|alt=The Biblio-Mat vending machine.|thumb|[[Biblio-Mat|The Biblio-Mat]] book vending machine]]
Book vending machines dispense books, which may be full-sized.<ref name="Segrave 2002 p. 262">{{cite book | last=Segrave | first=K. | title=Vending Machines: An American Social History | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-7864-8159-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCSqgzfy38QC&pg=PA262 | access-date=6 June 2017 | page=262}}</ref> Some libraries use book vending machines.<ref name="Nicholson 2017 p. 120">{{cite book | last=Nicholson | first=K. | title=Innovation in Public Libraries: Learning from International Library Practice | publisher=Elsevier Science | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-08-101296-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AvElDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 | access-date=6 June 2017 | pages=120–121}}</ref> [[GoLibrary]] is a book lending vending machine used by libraries in Sweden and the U.S. state of California.<ref>[http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6674915.html The California State Library GoLibrary Project uses automated materials vending to aid underserved populations in new ways] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418061547/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6674915.html |date=18 April 2011 }}. Susan Kantor-Horning. ''Library Journal''. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2011.</ref> The [[Biblio-Mat]] is a random antiquarian book vending machine located at [[The Monkey's Paw (bookstore)|The Monkey's Paw]] bookstore in [[Toronto]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-19 |title=The 'Biblio-Mat' by Craig Small randomly dispenses books for two dollars |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/biblio-mat-a-random-book-dispenser-by-craig-small/ |access-date= |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref>

===Burger vending machine===
In 2022 RoboBurger introduced a machine to cook and vend a fresh [[hamburger]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burger Vending Machines Will Make the Robot Uprising Worth It |url=https://thetakeout.com/burger-vending-machines-will-make-the-robot-uprising-wo-1848727088 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=The Takeout |date=30 March 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref>

===Cotton candy vending machine===
The cotton candy vending machine is a vending machine that dispenses freshly spun [[cotton candy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Amanda |date=March 4, 2024 |title=He 'Accidentally Discovered' a Semi-Passive Side Hustle in College — Now He's on Track to Make More Than $500,000 This Year |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/entrepreneurs/semi-passive-income-side-hustle-on-track-for-500k-in-2024/470596 |website=Entrepreneur}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Painter |first1=Alysia Gray |title=Chicken sandwiches with berry cereal are just the start: LA County Fair's food line-up is here |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/chicken-sandwiches-with-berry-cereal-are-just-the-start-la-county-fairs-food-line-up-is-here/3396899/ |work=NBC Los Angeles |date=26 April 2024}}</ref>

===French fry vending machine===
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A [[French fry vending machine]] is a vending machine that dispenses hot French fries,<ref name="Cushing 2013"/><ref name="Fuhrmeister 2015"/><ref name="Taylor 2015"/> also known as chips. The first known french fry vending machine was developed circa 1982 by the defunct Precision Fry Foods Pty Ltd. in Australia.<ref name="Rural 2015"/> A few companies have developed and manufactured French fry vending machines and prototypes. Furthermore, a prototype machine was also developed at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.<ref name="Cushing 2013"/><ref name="Fuhrmeister 2015"/>

===Pizza vending machine===
[[File:Hot pizza vending machine.jpg|thumb|upright|A vending machine in [[Carpi, Emilia-Romagna|Carpi]], Italy that dispenses hot [[pizza]]]]
[[Let's Pizza]] is the name of a vending machine that makes fresh [[pizza]] from scratch.<ref name="Harris 2014">{{cite web | last=Harris | first=Jenn | title=This pizza vending machine bakes fresh, not frozen pies, in less than 3 minutes | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=4 April 2014 | url=http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-lets-pizza-vending-machine-bakes-fresh-not-frozen-pizza-3-minutes-20140404-story.html | access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref> It was developed in 2009 by Italian company Sitos srl.<ref name="Harris 2014"/><ref name="Tagliabue 2009">{{cite web | last=Tagliabue | first=John | title=In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza | website=The New York Times | date=14 March 2009 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/business/worldbusiness/14vend.html | access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref> The machine combines water, flour, tomato sauce, and fresh ingredients to make a pizza in approximately three minutes.<ref name="Harris 2014"/> It includes windows so customers can watch the pizza as it is made.<ref>{{cite news |title=The one and only pizza-making vending machine |url=http://www.thegate.ca/blog/020363/the-one-and-only-pizza-making-vending-machine/ |work=[[TheGATE.ca]] |first=W. Andrew |last=Powell |access-date=5 March 2014}}</ref> The pizza is cooked in an [[infrared]] oven. The device was invented by Claudio Torghele, an entrepreneur in [[Rovereto]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Tagliabue |title=In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/business/worldbusiness/14vend.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref> The vending machine began in Italy and is now spreading into the United Kingdom and becoming popular there.<ref name=Home>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.letspizza.co.uk/home.html|publisher=Let's Pizza|access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref>

===Life insurance===
{{See also|Travel insurance}}
From the 1950s until the 1970s, vending machines were used at American airports to sell [[life insurance]] policies covering death, in case the buyer's flight crashed.<ref name="ABA Journal p. 472">{{cite book | title=ABA Journal | date=May 1967 | publisher=American Bar Association | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Okt_JPJ6bYgC&pg=PA472 | access-date=6 June 2017 | page=472}}</ref> However, this practice gradually disappeared due to the tendency of American courts to strictly construe such policies against their sellers, such as the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York (which later became part of [[CNA Financial]]).<ref name="vend">[http://online.ceb.com/calcases/C2/58C2d862.htm Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017195922/http://online.ceb.com/calcases/C2/58C2d862.htm |date=17 October 2015 }} (1962) 58 C2d 862</ref>

===Marijuana vending machine===
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The [[marijuana vending machine]] originally found a niche market for selling or dispensing [[cannabis]].  In the early 21st century with [[legalization of cannabis]] in many countries, marijuana vending machines became widespread, selling products such as marijuana, hemp and [[Cannabidiol|CBD]] based products and smoke paraphernalia.<ref>{{cite web | title=Seattle gets a marijuana vending machine | website=USA TODAY | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/seattle-pot-vending-machine/22817375/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>  The first experiments in distributing marijuana through vending machines started in the early 2010s, when they were already in use in the United States<ref>{{cite web | title=Seattle gets a marijuana vending machine | website=USA Today | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/04/seattle-pot-vending-machine/22817375/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> and Canada.<ref>{{cite web | last=McElroy | first=Justin | title=Vancouver dispensary, home to Canada's first marijuana vending machine, vows to stay open | website=Global News | date=27 April 2016 | url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2666093/vancouver-dispensary-home-to-canadas-first-marijuana-vending-machine-vows-to-stay-open/ | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Marijuana easily 'dispensed' in Vancouver, fifth estate finds | website=CBC News | date=2 February 2015 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/medical-marijuana-easily-dispensed-in-vancouver-1.2938574 | access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>  The primary challenge faced in selling restricted or controlled merchandise like cannabis<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-green-integrates-world-class-130000632.html|title=American Green Integrates World Class Biometrics in the American Green Machine|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> is to verify the identity of the buyer, which is overcome by the application of [[biometrics]] and smart vending software technology, the same technology used to verify the buyer's age in the automatic sales of tobacco.

===Mold-A-Rama===
The [[Mold-A-Rama]] is a brand name for a type of vending machine that makes [[blow molding|blow-molded]] plastic [[figurine]]s.  Mold-A-Rama machines debuted in late 1962 <ref>{{cite news |first=Martin |last=Rossman |title=Machine Molds Items While Customer Waits |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 October 1962 |page=B8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Keilson Puts in Molding Units |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |magazine=Billboard |date=4 May 1963 |page=53 }}</ref> and grew in prominence at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mold-Rama Draws 'Em |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 |magazine=Billboard |date=12 December 1964 |page=43 }}</ref> The machines can still be found operating in dozens of museums and zoos.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Benderoff |title=Old Technology Proves a Modern-Day Classic |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/09/04/old-technology-proves-a-modern-day-classic/ |work=Chicago Tribune |date=4 September 2006 |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Steve |date=17 August 2016 |title=Smelly, Plastic and Nostalgic, Mold-A-Rama Celebrates 50th Birthday at Brookfield Zoo |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mold-a-rama-50th-birthday-20160817-story.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref>

===Fresh-squeezed orange juice===
[[File:Orange juice vending machine - 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Orange juice vending machine]]
This type of machine contains fresh oranges and a mechanism to cut and squeeze them in order to produce fresh juice.

===Prize vending machine===
[[File:Prize vending machine in Haikou - 01.jpg|thumb|upright|left|A prize vending machine in [[Haikou]], Hainan, China]]
This type of machine sells a container that may contain a prize. Some such machines advertise the possible prizes that may be won. Examples include smart phones, holiday packages, and toys.

===Social-networked vending machine===
With the rise of the [[Social media|social networks]], vending machine has been integrated to [[social media]] in order to proliferate the interaction of the vending machine with the users from the physical machine to the social networks. The common application of social-networked vending machine is that the user can connect their social account to a specific [[social media]] designated by the vending machine, the user will be getting some rewards in return, normally in the form of free gift dispensed from the vending machine.{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}

===Make-Up vending machines===
Vending machines are also being used by entrepreneurs to sell [[cosmetics]] to those on the go as an easy convenience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/glam-on-the-go-how-vending-machines-are-bringing-more-beauty-products-to-the-masses-and-success-to-black-entrepreneurs/ar-AA1mP3bW|title=Glam on the go: How vending machines are bringing more beauty products to the masses, and success to Black entrepreneurs|website=[[MSN]] |language=en|access-date=2024-01-11}}</ref>

===Giving Machine===
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A Giving Machine is a specialized "reverse vending machine" that allows people to purchase donations for various nonprofits. They are placed in various public areas by [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] during the [[Christmas and holiday season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-13 |title=You Can Lift Another at a Light the World Giving Machine |url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/light-the-world-giving-machines-2024 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org |language=en}}</ref>