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Attempting to provide an easier way for Colorado residents to purchase marijuana-laced edibles, a company called American Green has developed a vending machine that verifies identity through biometrics.

Now and again, stuff gets stuck in vending machines. You might give it a shake or a shove to try to dislodge it, though you probably wouldn't use a forklift to drop the machine from a couple of feet in the air like a guy from Iowa is alleged to have done.

Amazon showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week. Sort of. The e-commerce giant installed a vending machine at the city's main airport, presumably hoping to tempt a few tech folk into buying a Kindle on their way home from the event.

The Moscow subway has unveiled a special machine offering free rides for squats. The novel idea is part of a campaign run by Russia’s Olympic Committee to promote next year's Winter Games in Sochi and to encourage people to get fit.

It's space efficiency meets quirky product marketing in Diet Coke's Slender Vender vending machine, which measures approximately one foot thick.

New York City may have wanted to modernize its famous yellow cabs, but it's New Orleans that beat it to the punch. The southern city is now offering cabs with built-in vending machines for passengers' soda fix.

Only limited by the imagination of the user, the Dreambox vending machine allows anyone to upload and create a 3D model without having to spend thousands of dollars on a 3D printer.

For the crowd that simply can't get enough of fish eggs, this vending machine supplies all the caviar that you can afford.

A Mankota, MN bar has outfitted a pregnancy test dispenser in the restroom to help women check if it's appropriate for them to be drinking.

A winner of the New York City Next Idea award, two graduate students have designed an in-car vending machine that would provide taxi passengers access to snacks, drinks, or medication on the go.

Japanese drinks giant Asahi has decided to put its thousands of vending machines to better use by turning them into Wi-Fi hotspots, a move which should prove popular in a country where such hotspots are few and far between.

Let's be honest, vending machines usually do little more than just stand around dishing out goods to all and sundry. But with the introduction of the iSample vending machine, that could all be about to change.

Kraft and Intel have finally made real the Minority Report dream of walking by a kiosk that automatically scans your face and tells you to buy more Kraft Boca Burgers.

A Virginia Tech graduate has conjured up a machine and iPhone app that allows him to select a beer and have his fridge fire it across the room to him.