The Human-Powered Vending Machine
When it comes to building a healthier vending machine, lesser
minds have considered only swapping out the sodas and Snickers
for apples and granola bars. But Pep Torres has a better idea.
At his Barcelona workshop, Stereo-Noise, he attached a stationary
bicycle to a vending machine so a customer who wants a product
would have to pedal a certain distance to get it. Thus far,
Stereo-Noise has had just one taker — a Spanish baked-goods
company — but Torres has high hopes for the device.
"We'd like to see it in subway stations and schools,"
he says. "That way, people can eat their potato chips
and still get in shape."
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