Japan gets crazy touchscreen vending machines

Japan has a love affair with vending machines. You can get anything,
from hot coffee to hot noodles to fresh fruit to cigarettes, from the
ubiquitous machines. So it's only natural that they'd jump on the touchscreen vending machine bandwagon first.













A new touchscreen machine called the aCure has just been installed in
the bustling Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, and it's already been
attracting a crowd. Featuring the huge slew of various beverages that
salarymen are used to, it doesn't do anything particularly novel. But it
sure looks awesome, and it's flashy. And you know what? That might just
be enough for it to catch on.

Man their coca-cola bottles look weird.

Cool idea, though I'm not sure if it's extraordinarily convenient over the conventional vending machine interface unless this one doesn't eat your money.