North America leads the market due to widespread adoption of automated retail technologies and advanced payment systems.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. What did you order the last time you grabbed a quick vending machine snack? Soda, candy – maybe some peanuts if you were feeling healthy?

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Beginning this week, Soldiers and community members visiting their nearest vending machine to quell their afternoon "snack attack" may be surprised by the new options offered on ...

HOUSTON -- We were amazed when the vending machine graduated from candy and soda to iPods and cell phones, but a new vending machine in west Houston dispenses an even more coveted commodity: used cars ...

JAMES: WE’RE USED TO SNAGGING JUNK FOOD FROM A VENDING MACHINE. BUT, ONENS IIDE HILLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DES MOINES, FEEDS YOUNG MIS.ND THIS IS A BOOK VENDING MACHINE. THE SCHOOL, THWI HELP FROMHE ...

Just how well does your office soda machine know you? A network of smart, connected vending machines will soon use facial recognition, NFC and a membership program to market and sell everything from ...

The vending machine of the future is here, and it’s going to food-shame you. The Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine, recently released in England, can use facial recognition to deny certain customers ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A vending machine at the Houston Museum of Natural Science serves up insects -- you read that right -- to hungry guests. Located in the Brown Hall of Entomology, the vending ...

Some New Jersey elementary school students are finding a new way to make reading fun and engaging, all thanks to a vending machine. Staff members at Leonardo Elementary School in Middletown Township ...

An AI agent was given the simple task of running a vending machine. It ended in chaos, confusion, and over $1,000 in losses.

HOUSTON, Texas -- A vending machine at the Houston Museum of Natural Science serves up insects -- you read that right -- to hungry guests. Located in the Brown Hall of Entomology, the vending machine ...