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Vending Machine Uses Facial Recognition To Make Recommendations Based On Stereotypes

December 19, 2011 / buying things, conceptual, don't tell me what to do!, facial recognition, i'll choose for myself thank you very much!, iffy, japan, no more soft batch cookies?! this is an outrage!, not necessary, pass, sterotypes, sure why not, that 's going a little far, vending machine, whatever, yeah but why?

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This a conceptual vending machine from Japan that features a see-thru 65" HD display and facial recognition software so it can make recommendations based on basic demographics like age and sex. "BEEP BOOP, my systems indicate you are a fat white male -- Flamin' Hot Cheetos and a Mountain Dew?" HA, shows how much you know, Vendo-tron, I want Flamin' Hot Cheetos and a DOCTOR P-P. *trying to jam arm up shoot* Don't get me wrong, new technology is cool and all, but this is overkill. If you can't see everything a vending machine has to offer in less than five seconds you're either blind or looking the wrong way.

Hit the jump for a demo of the what do you mean you're out of Watermelon Sour Patch Kids ?!

Concept vending machine knows exactly what you want [dvice]

Thanks to Simon, who once shook a machine so hard after his Snickers didn't drop that the soda machine beside it got scared and started dropping free Coke Zeros.

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There are Comments
  • JimmyThr

    yeah, who doesn't look at a computer and thinks, can I make it be a Misogynistic racist asshole

  • This_Update_Sucks

    Because I just LOVE when people and machines, oh especially machines, try to guess what I am trying to order before I say anything.

    (sarcasm)

  • paul hayden

    when my black coworker went there it gave him chicken wings and a 40 ounce

  • NoveltyFishHead

    I do like the part where it mentions about news and evacuation routes... I haven't heard anything about the nutrition information about each product? Hopefully that'll be part of this unit. I do also like the animation on the interface.

  • DomPearceDesign

    While I can see the whole "Advertising based on anonymous facial recognition" won't end well, I'm more worried that current See-Through LCD screens are incredibly difficult to read due to lack of a backlight. I'm sure being only monochrome helps, but it still seems a bit of a way to go before it's practical.

  • The animations would bother me a lot, when I just want to see the products trough the glass. And I think I do not need a stupid vending machine, to recognize me, when I just want to buy some chips. And I can decide by myself, what I want, and do not need stupid suggestions.

  • The animation on the screen is pretty smooth. Is this a video of the machine in the field, or has the animation been added post production?

  • Eventually they'll just start keeping a digital record of everyone who buys items from a vending machine. Over time you won't even have to push a button; the Central Vending Database will scan your face and know that for the past month straight you've eaten nothing but nacho doritos and Pepsi. No more time-consuming button pushing to get between you and your life fuel!

  • lol so apparently it thinks everyone in asia wants sushi

  • Leonidas Argidisouvlaki

    Really? Why would an Indian want sushi, specifically?

  • my joke = asians look the same. therefore the robot thinks all asians are the same  person

  • Leonidas Argidisouvlaki

    Do Indians and Chinese really look the same to you? Racist.

  • lol its a joke. and i meant asians as in Japanese/Chinese. get over yourself bro

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