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Old Japanese Vending Machines - Genius! (StrangeParts video)
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tom66:
I love the popcorn machine 7:20 onwards. The use of a consumer microwave, and then tilting the microwave to get the popcorn out, is strangely genius yet just so over-engineered.
VK3DRB:
The popcorn machine was really innovative. Yep, better than Disneyland. But there is another requirement before people can just problem solve with such ingenuity... their brains need to be wired that way. Not anyone can do it and a lot of it comes from a person's upbringing from the time a person was an infant. It cannot just be learnt from textbooks. From what I have observed, those brought up in a house with servants, become next to useless engineers. But I have known some engineers brought up on farms to become outstanding engineers.
BradC:
All I can say is "that was awesome". Thanks!
PlainName:
Many years ago I recall going to a campsite in Cornwall (UK for foreigners) where they have a chip (fries) vending machine. Shove in the money and a portion of potato chips would be dunked in hot oil then wend they way via a salt shaker to the delivery point of a cardboard container. I think it was there for at least 2 years and I don't remember it ever being out of action (we would stay there for 4 weeks at a time).
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