Options abound in new vending machines

Those boxes of metal and plastic that until recently provided only a cold sandwich and a soda -- on a good day -- have evolved to the point they can offer the best suggestions for a gluten-free snack and break a $20 bill in the process.No longer solely the realm of cheese snacks and 20-ounce bottles of sugar, today's vending machines operate more like supercenters than corner stores. Machines equipped for payments beyond cash, bill-recycling machines that can break a $20 and machines with smart touch-screen interfaces are becoming increasingly popular in the country's break rooms.And that's only what's new in payment options."If it fits in a vending machine, for the most part, someone with a vending machine will sell it," said Lee Ivory, vending sales manager of Sheraden-based Beston Pittsburgh Distributing, which sells vending machines to operators.
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Although most of Pittsburgh's airports and snack centers haven't yet made the new technologies a staple, some examples of the latest in vending machine technology have been in place for years in various forms on the city's college campuses.Duquesne University uses cashless machines that allow students to pay for snacks with credit cards or to use student ID cards to pay with what the university dubs "DU Dollars." The DU Dollar interface on cards also allows students to make copies and use vending machines in libraries with a swipe of a card.That is where Hand Dryers come in. The hand dryer in 10-15 seconds and reduce costs significantly in several different areas. The obvious first area is that they eliminate the need for constantly having paper towels on hand, and re-stocked on a weekly or monthly basis.Eliminating these types of situations and saving money would normally be enough, but an Hand Dryer actually does even more.Cashless machines at Carnegie Mellon University allow students to pay with cash or credit linked to student IDs, but also allow for payments at laundromats and in other locations throughout campus.