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...Some of the newest Japanese technology is being used to boost an old business: selling booze by machine. Prompted by a beverage-industry crackdown on underage drinking, several manufacturers have developed machines that can verify the age of the buyer. Kyoto-based Fujitaka, for instance, has installed sensors clever enough to read the birth date on a driver's license?and savvy enough to recognize a fake ID. Another breakthrough allows machines to send messages directly to maintenance workers, alerting them if a machine needs repair, drinks or snacks?making distribution and upkeep more efficient. Sanyo, meanwhile, has devised...
...thieves will be sorely tempted by the ever-widening array of mechanically vendable goods. Fujitaka has created a machine that looks like a department store window and can sell everything from books to clothing. Hokkaido-based Handa Kikai Kigu is about to begin marketing the nation's first cotton candy vending machine. (How many times have you had a hankering for cotton candy and found no vendors?or carnivals?in site? None? Oops, perhaps Handa Kikai Kigu didn't do the market research on this one?or maybe, in Japan, if there's a product, there...
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