In the middle of a nationwide obesity epidemic, a handy device dripping with temptation often lurks around the workplace corner – the vending machine. America’s vending machine industry earned $21.6 ...

“DISC, or "Delays to Influence Snack Choice,” … is a platform inserted inside a vending machine that catches snacks falling from the top half of the machine, where a vending machine operator would ...

In the future, you may need a snack machine's approval. The Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine has facial-recognition technology, meaning it can, apparently, identify customers and remember their ...

BENSALEM, Pa. — Forget the clanging of coins. It’s more the sounds of silence at the vending machines in area schools these days. Many students aren’t buying the healthy snacks, fruit juices and water ...

The newest vending machines in Michigan aren't dispensing pop or chips, they're doling out free boxes of Narcan, the medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Popping up at strategic locations, the ...

Vending machines aren't exactly known to have the healthiest options, but soon, they'll be stocking snacks that are better for people. The National Automatic Merchandising Association says starting in ...

Delaying vending machines' delivery of tempting, high-calorie snacks can shift people's choices to less popular but healthier options, a first-of-its-kind, National Institutes of Health-funded study ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A meat vending machine outside of a Florida butcher shop and restaurant is offering fresh cuts, Italian sausage and more meaty snacks 24/7. Growing up, Andrew Tambuzzo, owner of ...

The refurbished machine offers simple challenges — from writing notes to helping strangers — designed to create a ripple ...