Comments on: Accident Prone Coke Vending Machine At DSE http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/9008 Digital Out Of Home - Insight, Knowledge and Opinion Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh Tonasket http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/9008/comment-page-1#comment-13869 Josh Tonasket Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:40:34 +0000 http://www.dailydooh.com/?p=9008#comment-13869 I thought it was cool for about a minute too. Upon viewing it up close my brain started picking out the vulnerabilities. The vast majority of vending machines I see are in unattended semi-outdoor venues, which are prone to vandalism. In fact, most of the vending machines I see in greater Los Angeles are behind metal cages to protect the machine. All I could think about was some punk putting his foot through what looked to be a 3-4 mm thick resistive touch screen. If my assumption is right about the resistive touch, then the second favorite tool of destruction would be the diamond tipped scribe. Punks use them to etch their name into bus windows and bathroom mirrors, which would effectively render the resistive touch useless and unable to sell Coke. Who knows, maybe somebody at Coke already pointed out these obvious weaknesses and the engineers at Samsung are still battling with the idea that people would vandalize their favorite beverage vending machine. I thought it was cool for about a minute too. Upon viewing it up close my brain started picking out the vulnerabilities. The vast majority of vending machines I see are in unattended semi-outdoor venues, which are prone to vandalism. In fact, most of the vending machines I see in greater Los Angeles are behind metal cages to protect the machine. All I could think about was some punk putting his foot through what looked to be a 3-4 mm thick resistive touch screen. If my assumption is right about the resistive touch, then the second favorite tool of destruction would be the diamond tipped scribe. Punks use them to etch their name into bus windows and bathroom mirrors, which would effectively render the resistive touch useless and unable to sell Coke. Who knows, maybe somebody at Coke already pointed out these obvious weaknesses and the engineers at Samsung are still battling with the idea that people would vandalize their favorite beverage vending machine.

]]> By: billyb http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/9008/comment-page-1#comment-13848 billyb Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:19:04 +0000 http://www.dailydooh.com/?p=9008#comment-13848 While I agree with all of your observations (especially the 'run ads" part), there will be a need for digital interaction on coke vending/soda fountains soon. check out http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2009/03/03/coke_fountain_future.html. A 100 different flavors? can't build a dispenser with 100 analog buttons, or maybe they can:-) While I agree with all of your observations (especially the ‘run ads” part), there will be a need for digital interaction on coke vending/soda fountains soon.

check out http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2009/03/03/coke_fountain_future.html. A 100 different flavors? can’t build a dispenser with 100 analog buttons, or maybe they can:-)

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