News tagged with vending machines
Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes
Jun 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something ...
School vending machines dole out excess calories, fat
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines – including fruit juices – are giving students more calories than they need.
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Study: Middle school students prefer soda
Oct 05, 2006 |
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A Harvard School of Public Health study has found that children at Massachusetts's middle schools buy soda more often than other items from vending machines.
Phone vending machines launched in U.K.
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Cell phones are becoming even more ubiquitous in Britain, where the devices can now be purchased from vending machines.
Robots used to keep Japan's children safe
Feb 22, 2006 |
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Getting children safely to and from school is seemingly no easy feat these days, and some local governments in Japan are prepared to make full use of available technology to ensure that students are kept safely out of harm's ...
Redbox sues 20th Century Fox in DVD dispute
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- DVD rental kiosk company Redbox said Wednesday it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines.
Standardized battery wants to appeal to all gadgets
Feb 29, 2008 |
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All plug-in electronics use the same power cord, and all battery-operated devices use one of a few standard sizes. Even computer accessories mostly all have USB capabilities. So why not standardize rechargeable ...
Tiny cameras have big market
May 13, 2009 |
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Having earned a reputation helping other companies make smaller and faster semiconductors, San Jose-based Tessera now hopes to use its miniature camera technology to revolutionize how a wide array of gadgets interact with ...
Lays classic chips recalled in north Texas
Dec 11, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of 2,460 1.5-ounce bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips in northern Texas because of a labeling error.
Obesity concerns result in milk ban
May 26, 2006 |
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Whole milk is to be banned from British schools in the campaign against childhood obesity, allowing for the serving of only skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.
Diet, exercise, weight curbs could cut cancer rates by third
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.
Sports drinks face junk food label
Sep 26, 2007 |
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Public health advocates are lobbying for limits on the availability of sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade in high school vending machines.
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