Abstract: The solar powered snack vending machine repre-sents a sustainable innovation in the realm of vending technology. By harnessing solar energy through strategically placed solar panels, the ...

I was never much of a collector. I never collected stamps or coins or baseball cards or Pokemon cards; I was never able to get a collectable Barbie or Hess Truck without busting open the package the ...

When Luke Saunders came up with the novel idea to sell salads from a vending machine 12 years ago, it was so far out of the box that he had to invent a new one. Believing that fast food should be ...

Still think AI is ready to revolutionize the economy? A new experiment might change your mind. In a bold test of Anthropic’s latest version of its AI Claude, The Wall Street Journal gave the large ...

Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal Personal Technology Columnist joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to share more details about an AI vending machine experiment in the WSJ newsroom and why chaos ...

Ideally, by the time the press gets their hands on a new product or service, all the kinks have already been worked out. Not so for “Claudius,” an AI-operated vending machine that Anthropic lent to ...

During testing, the AI agent also ordered a PlayStation5 and live betta fish, and staffers convinced it to give away almost everything for free, losing a bunch of money. Sounds fun! Anthropic’s ...

This is the first of a two-part series on the transformation of vending operations. Read part two here. Vending has come a long way from dispensing drinks and snacks, but the Classic Coke machine and ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — A new vending machine on the corner of Jefferson and West Sixth Street in Lexington is redefining what food access can look like. FoodChain, a local nonprofit dedicated to ...

OGDEN, Utah — In an effort to reduce the impacts of drug overdoses in the region, the Ogden Police Department has launched a new, free, and anonymous Narcan vending machine. The machine is located in ...