Almanac: The first vending machine patent 01:51. On December 16, 1884, 134 years ago today, ... vending machines of ever-increasing complexity and variety have become a familiar sight across our land.

That’s because the first-ever vending machine was utilized all the way back in the 1st century A.D. — by the Christian church ...

The first ever vending machine, created in the first century C.E. This device was designed to prevent temple denizens from taking more holy water than they had purchased.

Canada installs first ever crack-pipe vending machines. Controversial vending machines dispense them for $0.25 in attempt to curb spread of HIV and hepatitis ...

We inched closer to that reality today with the launch of the first-ever automated, coin-operated car vending machine in Tennessee. It's the brainchild of online auto retailer Carvana, who looks ...

A 4-year old boy has been freed after his arm was stuck for hours in the first vending machine he’d ever seen. The nearly six-hour ordeal began Sunday when the child tried to reach into the ...

ERLANGER, Ky. — Need to spice up that airport sandwich or your inflight meal? A new vending machine at the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport will help you do just that. The ...

The UK's first ever POT NOODLE vending machine has launched today. Much-loved flavours such as chicken and mushroom and spicy curry will be available 24-hours-a-day from the new snack machine. And ...

Albuquerque Public Schools is offering books in a unique way, the district just unveiled the state's first-ever book vending machine.The inchy's bookworm machine at Governor Bent Elementary School ...

Installed in Washington D.C.’s Western Market, it now reigns as the city’s first-ever book vending machine. I WAS BORN!!! Thanks everyone! ☺️ Thanks for the purchases, thanks authors!