Smart Medicine Reminder and Vending Machine

Vending machine assessment methodology. A systematic review.

The nutritional quality of food and beverage products sold in vending machines has been implicated as a contributing factor to the development of an obesogenic food environment. How comprehensive, reliable, and valid are the current assessment tools for vending machines to support or refute these claims? A systematic review was conducted to summarize, compare, and evaluate the current methodolo...

Machine vision system for a reverse vending machine

FSA Vending Machine Operation Charged Illegal

The vending machines in your d o r m , in the campus center, pod ium, and tunnels are and have been opera ted in violation of the S ta t e University con t rac t with SUNY-A's Facul ty S tudent Associat ion. According t o New York State Audi tors , Article 3 of the contract be tween State University and FSA provides tha t " F S A may operate vending machines . This does not mean that FSA may su...

CASSM and cognitive walkthrough: usability issues with ticket vending machine

We focus on the ability of two analytical usability evaluation methods (UEMs), namely CASSM (Concept-based Analysis for Surface and Structural Misfits) and Cognitive Walkthrough, to identify usability issues underlying the use made of two London Underground ticket vending machines. By setting both sets of issues against the observed interactions with the machines, we assess the similarities and...

Tangible and Collectible Entertainment System with Capsule Vending Machine

We developed a tangible entertainment system that enables to play video game with physical collectibles as game components. It consists of a capsule toy vending machine with LCD panel, capsule toys with embedded RFID tags, an RFID sensor board and a computer. Nowadays a huge amount of collectibles is sold: baseball cards, dollhouse miniatures, character figures, candy tins, and so on. Usually, ...