Over Easter weekend, kids hunted for eggs, ate copious amounts of sugar and passed out. Meanwhile, a group of kids from St. Olaf College decided to switch gears, breaking the world record for the largest Rube Goldberg machine. The students from the small liberal arts school in Northfield, Minn., we...

Here's a new meaning to dispensing marijuana. Autospense is a vending machine that makes it possible for marijuana patients to get their bud any time of day. So far, there's only one machine in operation in Orange County, but Dispense Labs, which makes Autospense, hopes more dispensaries will offer...

Next time a case of late-night munchies have you scrambling around Los Angeles for a cupcake craving, head over to Sprinkles, the trendy Beverly Hills joint. Its storefront includes a pink ATM that will dispense cupcakes 'round the clock, reports LAist. The 24-hour Sprinkles machine dispenses fresh...

Remember the days of pushing your toy bulldozer through the sandbox and making engine noises with your mouth? Or standing with your mouth hanging open, watching heavy equipment operators move earth and dig enormous holes in the ground? If you've ever dreamed of being able to drive one of these eart...

Sometimes, girlfriends drag their doting but unwilling boyfriends to department stores. It's a fact of life. What could make this situation better? An iPad probably. Call it strategic marketing, but at least one Macy's men's department has recently added vending machines stuffed with alluring gadge...

When you're done drinking a soda, you toss the aluminum can into a recycling bin. When you're done with your shoes, what do you do what that? Swap-O-Matic to the rescue. The swapping vending machine will exchange your donated items for credits, which are used to receive other items it has collected...