Japanese vending machine doubles as WiFi hotspot — no purchase required

It seems like facial scans for snack-dispensing purposes is not the only mind-blowing feature at the whiz-bang generation of vending machines. Japanese company Asahi has just unveiled a complicated dispenser that’s able to doubling as a WiFi hotspot, so good luck getting during the mobs of leechers simply to buy a soda. The machine sends out the net waves for free and covers about 164 feet around it; of note, there is a 30-minute limit on each session — but it’s nothing that a fresh login can’t solve. Asahi is planning on rolling out 1,000 of those inside the upcoming year, but when you do not call the Land of the Rising Sun your house, you will not manage to experience the smart vendors anytime soon. Now, if only this same magic would slide over to park benches, blades of grass and molecules of oxygen, we’d be content.

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