"Is This Really Free? Japanese 'Free Vending Machines' Spark Excitement Among All"

In Japan, known as the land of vending machines, free vending machines are gaining popularity. Customers can use them without ...

Amazon Introduces Vending Machines That Dispense Medications Instead of Candy: ‘Removing a Critical Barrier’

Amazon made a major move into healthcare when it bought One Medical in 2022 for $3.9 billion, one of its largest acquisitions ...
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Code Conversations Podcast — Vending Machine Installation Do’s and Don’ts

In this episode of EC&M Code Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and Code Consultant Russ LeBlanc discuss Sec. 406.9 of the NEC and how the requirements in ...

North Texas nonprofits roll out compact Narcan dispensers to fight opioid overdoses

After losing his brother to an overdose, Peter Pursley and his mother helped launch a movement—now expanding with 3D-printed ...

Amazon to start offering prescription drugs through vending machines

Patients will be able to pick up medications "within minutes" of their appointment by scanning a QR code from the Amazon app ...

Amazon is putting prescription drugs in vending machines

A mazon is adding vending machines stocked with prescription drugs to its One Medical clinics, allowing patients to pick up ...