Behold, the future of vending machines has arrived. Last week, two vending machines with the ability to recognize the demographics of its customers were installed in Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Japan.
These vending machines have a 75% chance of accurately recognizing a person’s age and sex. Based on the information that it gathers, the machines can then make recommendations on what drinks a person can get.
Pretty cool, we have to admit, although we’re hoping that the machine’s 75% accuracy level would improve in the future. After all, we wouldn’t it telling us what we should and shouldn’t drink because it thinks that we’re some five year old on a sugar high.
[via examiner]
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