Japan vending machine recommends drinks to buyers
 

I remember when you could buy Japanese pornos out of vending machines on the corner.

As long as it offers import beer

If the machine doesn't recommend me a beer, it's broken :2 cents:

Play the demographics. Make more monies.

The novelty of that would wear off after the first use.

If you don't see the genius here, you don't belong in marketing... :2 cents:

Pretty clever idea if they have done enough research on what people are likely to pick.

There's no reason it can't teach itself. If the facial recognition software stores all the data on demographics and who is choosing what, it can continuously change it's recommendation displays to fit the new trends accordingly. This is a genius little machine, and it's only the start. If the computer can determine your estimated age and sex now, what about a few years down the line when it can further narrow down your demographic, maybe based on hairstyles, fashion, the color of makeup. Who knows. This type of thing will be applied more and more in the future. Imagine walking through a mall, and every store you walk by being able to advertise it's most suited items directly to you as you cruise by. This is the direction we are going...

Now imagine leaving someone with my sense of humour in charge of the system once people have got used to it making sensible suggestions...:1orglaugh

Here's the only drink machine needed

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