Scott Walker, the assistant managing editor of the Birmingham (Ala.) News, has made a hack for the ages. Taking an old newspaper vending machine, as a base, he fitted a 17″ LCD screen to the front of ...

Our hacker from [Appalachian Forge Works] wrote in to let us know about their vending machine build: a Halloween vending computer that talks. He starts by demonstrating the vending process: a backlit ...

For a student living in the Computer Science House at Rochester Institute of Technology, ordering a cold soda from the vending machine down the hall with just a keystroke is all part of day-to-day ...

C'mon, we've all wondered just what it'd take to nab an extra snack or soft drink from that soulless, computerized vending machine, right? Even if you haven't pondered such mischievous thoughts, ...