Vending Ubiquity - The Top 16 Innovations in Vending Machines (SUPER-GALLERY)

Vending machines aren’t just for pop anymore.  From mobile phones to soccer balls, you can get anything in modern vending machines.  In fact, you don’t even have to ‘get’. You can also ‘give’ with charitable donation vending machines.

This super-gallery showcases some of the hottest new innovations in the wonderful world of vending.

Sport Vending Machines

Bicycle Vending Machine - BikeDispenser.com (GALLERY)

This urban bicycle-rental stand was one of the winners of the 2007 Spark Design & Architecture Awards. It’s supposed to work like a U-Haul with one way trips to other stands. The bikes would be equipped with RFID chips to help keep track of them. So now, a pocket of change can score you a Snickers, … [More]

Nike Joga3 Soccer Ball Vending Machine

What’s new from Nike?  Soccer Ball Vending Machines!  At Chelsea Piers in NYC, balls are often lost after big goals are scored.. Now, the geme doesn’t have to stop.  I suppose the machines also cater to impulsive soccer players… [More]

Vending Technology

Mobile Phone Vending Machine

Mobile phones are becoming as indespensible as water and if you are thirsty for a phone, you can now obtain one from a Vodafone ‘totally automated’ Mobile Phone Vending Machine. The idea is to provide a ‘Quickphone’ for travellers or phone users who know what they want and dont need the boring patte… [More]

iPod Vending Machine

Now you can select everything from iPods to car tires from vending machines. “Vending-industry expert John Barsanti believes unusual vending machines offered by several companies are the future of retail in the U.S. – a trend that’s already extremely popular in Japan. He’s the director of private … [More]

Beauty Vending Machines

Nail Art Vending Machines

The traditional approach to beauty is slowly fading away.  Women would typically visit a department store for their cosmetics needs, or a salon for services such as having their nails done.  In today’s society, it’s all about convenience, speed of information and speed of service.  This social evolu… [More]

Beauty Vending - Hair Straightener Vending Machine

Beautiful Vending, a UK company, has released a hair straightener vending machine.  Their site describes, “We all know how frustrating the British weather can be, the rain, wind and even the heat can cause perfectly styled hair to ‘frizz’ and ruin the best night or day out. The saviour of bad hair d… [More]

Food Vending Machines

Latest in Ice Cream Vending Machines

Everyone loves ice cream, so everyone should also love ice cream vending machines!  The company’s website describes, “The makers of MooBella are as unique as the ice cream itself. We’re a team of ice cream experts and world-class engineers committed to innovating ice cream and changing it forever.… [More]

WaterWerkz Vending Machines Mix Drinks On The Fly

WaterWerkz has created a cool new concept in beverage vending machines with their patented PouchLink system. You can customize the size of packaging and mix contents of your drink to your heart’s content with their new system that can mix, package and dispense drinks on demand. [More]

Starbucks Introduces Hot Drink Machines

Just as you thought Starbucks has completely saturated the U.S. market with a “Starbucks on every corner”, the coffee giant is still not satisfied.  In order for Starbucks to penetrate markets where their sucessful brand cannot reach, the company has decided to place vending machines for hot drinks … [More]

Pizza Vending Machines?

The first of its kind, a pizza vending machine at last.  The Wonderpizza of Italy is a kiosk which holds, cooks and serves 9” whole pizza pies in just 2 minutes.  3 different pizzas available in each machine at any time. So there’s lotsa pizza for everyone, everywhere, every time. [More]

Random New Vending Machines

Massive Vending Machine (VIDEO)

We’ve seen a lot of innovation in vending this year, with everything from Beauty Vending to Art Vending.  Now, there’s a gigantic vending machine that is actually be enjoyable to watch! 
Hence… the video. [More]

Magazine Vending Machine

Magazine Vending may be on the horizon with a new deisgn from graduate student Tom Allnutt.  The idea’s pretty straigh forward, swipe your card and pick your magazine!  Tom is studying at Melbourne’s Swinburne University. [More]

McDVD Rentals - Would you like a DVD with your Big Mac?

Select McDonald’s locations will now feature DVD rental machines! “Redbox, the nation’s leader in automated DVD rental services, and McDonald’s USA, LLC, today announced an agreement to offer fully automated DVD rental kiosks ... [More]

Art Vending Machines

Art-O-Mat is a company that has been “vending art and culture since 1997.” The company converts vintage cigarette machines into vending machines that sell small pieces of art for around $5. From the Art-o-Mat Website: What is an Art-o-mat?  Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette vending machine… [More]

Trend Hunter Top Picks

Vending Machines Enable Users to Donate to Charity

Appearing across Japan recently is something called the “charity vending machine,” which allows users to donate their change to such good causes as environmental conservation and child welfare at the push of a button. These machines have been well received by consumers, who enjoy being able to contr… [More]

Vending Machine Offers Free Drink if You Watch 30 Second Commercial

Would you be willing to watch a 30-second advertisement on a vending machine to get a free drink?  According to a vending machine operator Apex Corp, soon, “thirsty Japanese customers will be able to drink coffee or other non-alcoholic beverages at a low price or even for free — as long as they wa… [More]