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• Lying about your age? A computer can tell
Japanese company Fujitaka has taken a different tack by equipping some vending machines with video cameras and age-recognition software to prevent underage teens from buying cigarettes, though several news accounts suggest the system can be tricked ...
• Today's weird news
A Norfolk, Va., woman, 86, crashed against a Rite Aid pharmacy, damaging a vending machine (May). [Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.), 5-20-08] A Lake Oswego, Ore., man, 81, crashed through the front of a U.S. Bank building, sending employees scurrying ...
• Curb your cravings — with chocolate
If only you could work out the same kind of setup: tying yourself to your Eames task chair, telling your office mate to tighten the straps, and not letting yourself get lured by the vending machine every afternoon. Homer might not have set the ...
• Fresh amenities for pooped-out travelers
Now you can also rent DVDs (for $1) from airport redbox vending machines being installed at airports, stop at a Hudson Group airport store to buy an inexpensive Flexplay “disposable” DVD that’s viewable for just 48 hours, or simply download a ...
• Fewer soft drinks offered in schools, report says
... burned with calories consumed," said Susan Neely, the president and chief executive officer of the American Beverage Association. Health officials long have expressed concern that schools contributed to rising obesity rates because campus vending ...