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1st Century Vending Machine
The first ever vending machine was invented by Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria for holy water inside Egyptian temples. Heron invented this dispensing machine in order to prevent the theft of holy water, however people did not support his invention for about 1,800 years. At this point Heron was long dead, but his idea was used to create a new invention.
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Book Dispensing Machine
The second vending machine invented was a book dispensing machine built by Richard Carlile in England. Carlile was a bookseller who wanted to sell prohibited books without being thrown in jail. His solution was to create a machine that would dispense the books for customers without Carlile having to physically be there.
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Post card Machine
The 3rd vending machine was created in London, England by Percival Everett. This became the very first vending machine to be embraced by the people, more so than it had for Heron's invention. These vending machines were located near railway stations and post offices, as they were more convenient in those areas. The machine dispensed envelopes, postcards, and notepaper.
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Chewing Gum
Thomas Adams was the inventor for the next vending machine that consisted of chewing gum called "Tutti-Frutti". This vending machine was the first vending machine to be introduced into the United States. Being located in New York City, right off a subway station.
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Tobacco Vending Machine
Up next is a vending machine that dispensed Tobacco, which was invented by Tawaraya Koshichi in Bakan. This machine serves great importance to this history, because Japan is greatly known for the expansion of their vending machines over time. -
Liquor Vending Machine
The first beverage vending machine was invented in Paris, France. This dispenser allowed people to buy beer, wine, and liquor. Soon after vending machines that dispensed drinks became more popular, and led more so to soda vending machines.
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Horn & Hardart
This invention was an automat (fast-food) Restaurant, which originated in Berlin, Germany, 1895. But a few years later, it was established by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart, who opened the first American automat in PA in 1902. The restaurant then called "Horn and Hardart" consisted of glass vendors, in which customers could walk in and pick out fresh meals through glass, and the food would be extracted.
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Cigarette Vendor
Inventor William Rowe created a vending machine that dispensed Cigarettes. Shortly after this invention, concerns were raised towards underage customers. There was a solution as to applying ID verification to the vending machine, but it grew less and less common in the United States.
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Present Vending Machines
Now looking at the present. This vending machine is called Autobahn Motors, which is a dealership located in Singapore. They opened the 15 story showroom in 2016. Gary Hong, the Manager said, this exotic car vending machine was created to utilize the space. The way it works: the customer chooses on a screen which car him or her would like to see, and the car is delivered to the bottom within minutes.
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Future Vending Machine
This vending machine is said to become the most intelligent thus far. It consists of face recognition, in which figures out what specific item you like, by seeking information from previous vending machines you have gone to from any place in the world, and it uses that info. to know what you want at the current vendor you're standing at.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11274179/The-vending-machine-of-the-future-is-here-and-it-knows-who-you-are.html
