Want A Coke? Just Put Your Eye Or Thumb Right Here

by: Barry Johnson

Retinal scanners and thumbprints are making their way into out vending machines. That’s right folks, no longer will you need currency of any kind anymore. Pretty soon we will be able to walk around nude since we no longer need pockets.

Your thumbprint might soon be the key to an afternoon candy bar. A Massachusetts based vending machine company is joining the growing ranks of companies that are field-testing new technologies.

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Next Generation Vending and Food Service is experimenting with biometric vending machines that would allow a user to tie a credit card to their thumbprint.

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About Barry Johnson

Barry Johnson is a Co-Editor and writer for iNews. He takes a "no holds barred" writing approach to all of the subjects he covers. Opinionated, and with a well established sense of right and wrong, you can always count on him to tell it like it is. He gets his core values from growing up in the South, where God and Country are the prevailing themes. You may not like what he has to say, but know that he believes in it to his very core. As an editor, he will stand by each writer in their decision to take on controversial subjects and allow them to tell the story in their own unique ways.
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