Monday, November 15, 2010

Vending Machine Suggests Your Drink Choice


This could be fun. In Tokyo, there's a company that has a soft drink vending machine which will suggest a specific type of drink for you.

The machine determines your age, gender, outdoor temperature and makes a suggestion. For example, a younger person might want a sweetened drink. An older man might like some coffee. If it's cold outside, a hot drink might be popular.

The technology was developed by JR East and the machine outsells the competition by 300%!
500 of these machines will be distributed to the Tokyo area within the next few months.

I'm wondering if the machine would ever suggest prune juice?