Unusual vending machines (12 photos) Bashny.Net

Less than a century ago, in 1920, the Czechs Karel and Josef Capek, how to drinking beer, invented the word "robot" and shall think about the times when, in order to add them to the belly of the foam, do not need to be treated to an unpleasant mug waiter. He threw the coin into the machine - it is silence gives you a bottle of Budvar.

Czechs know what to think. After the first ever vending machine, that is a vending machine was invented and implemented in the first century AD, the great antiquity engineer Heron of Alexandria. Evoyny appliance after ingestion of coins pouring portion of the buyer "holy" water. In 1888, the first machines for the sale of chewing gum appeared on w / e platform in New York. In 1932, in the dining room of Smolny in Leningrad appeared the first Soviet machine-carbonator for the sale of soda water.




Years passed, and we are accustomed to the fact that turning to a soulless machine, you can buy cigarettes, Coke, beer, cup of coffee or a condom. Robots supply men paper money and plastic tokens, pay fines for homeless glassware and give the middle class a book purchased through the Internet. We get used to a good fast. The youth of today are not dreaming of a magic carpet, and a pocket-ATM ...

Vending machines are able to sell everything, even drugs (there are such "MAZ" in some countries). We offer our readers the most outstanding vending machines running on the joy of the mass of consumers in different parts of the robot planet called Earth.

1. A vending machine for live crabs



If you are not a real Chinese person eats at least one crab in the day, he - not quite real. Live crab out of the water very quickly deteriorates. Vending machines, installed two years ago in China, the subway stations of several large cities, selling crustaceans in "sleep" state at a domestic refrigerator.

Pets are from half to $ 7 apiece, every day "krabomat" sells 200 units sold. If the consumer will fall dead crab, the compensation he receives three live free.

2. The Japanese car that sells umbrellas



Chinese metro change to Japanese. If, leaving the distant station, the passenger finds that outdoor shower, and protection from rain and snow is forgotten at home or at work, it will help vending umbrellas.

They write that similar instances zontikomatov appeared in the UK. For there, too, the rain is not scheduled.

3. Electronic librarian



In yet another cultural country, Canada, Central Library has acquired a machine that without the participation of personnel issues animate the visitors books, CDs, movies and video games at home. To use the machine, it is necessary to insert into the receiving slit library card in the form of magnetic cards. The kit includes the unit to return the urn media, similar to the mailbox for parcels.

4. A vending machine for dirty magazines



Once again, the Japanese are shocking. At the train station Meytetsu Nagoya to the delight of adults and children, burdened fantasies, functioning unit, poetically trading, um, alternative literature with pictures.

5. Yaykomat



The most delicate of food - is chicken or quail eggs. But they manage to vtyuhivat people soulless piece of iron. Residents of rural areas of Japan recently had the opportunity to buy fresh eggs from the robots. Which, in turn, take the goods at dawn from farmers. Packing unfertilized eggs of chicken costs 200 yen. This is about 69 Russian rubles for 12 eggs. By our standards a little expensive, but we are not Japanese.

6. The machine for the sale of toy avtomobilchikov



This machine, installed at a subway station in Milan, is designed to protect parents from bored, nudyaschih children. In addition to machines of different colors and brands, the machine implements ... And this Rubik's Cube.

7. Gamburgeromat the streets of Holland



Lord of the Netherlands is well taken care of quench the appetite of those who are used to eating on the go. Some do not even have no time to go to a cafe or dining room, and they eat greasy chips and sweet donuts without leaving the pavement. Now Dutch revelers and runners have the opportunity to save time and buy a sandwich in the machine. The sandwiches are presented in an assortment of fillings and sizes.

8. Aypodomat



Whenever overlooking technical curiosities, we have to make a curtsey to the company "Apple". A vending machine for iPods "mini" and "shuffle", as well as batteries and digital fotikom operates at the airport of Atlanta (USA). It is very convenient for those who are only at the last minute thought that in flight across the ocean must be something to occupy their ears.

9. The machine selling footballs



In New York, has a sports complex "Chelsea Piers," where, among other sports played in the traditional football fans in the United States is a little bit, but they are. During field battles are often lost balls. So that players are not interrupted in search, the company "Nike" installed on site vending machine with balls of toxic colors and entitled "Three Geauga».

10. Black Box with hemp



America gradually legalize marijuana - for those who are in real need. California one of the first authorized the implementation of the state of cannabis for medical purposes. Patients whom the doctor will prescribe marijuana, receive a special card on which drug they sell in specialized pharmacies hands. If the pharmacy is all over with grass or in the court of the night, the shop is closed, a resident of Los Angeles, is registered as an "official planokur" has the opportunity to buy cannabis from the machine. Identification takes place by fingerprint.

11. Velosipedomat



This impressive size car business really lets the public bicycles - hire. On the change gives Snickers or caramel.

Several dozen of these amazing devices were installed in 2007 in the park areas of cultural countries. Rolling high equipped with RFID chips and signed, so they steal unlikely - our own peril. Drive through the park to the next velosipedomata client leases "Laibach" and he goes on foot, where he wants.