Coin-operated gumball machine delivers digital treats to your phone
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The components of the Digital Gum Machine developed by the Razor Emerging Experiences team - including a Samsung Galaxy Tab, an Adafruit NFC shield, a simple reed switch and two Arduino microcontrollers
At the heart of the Digital Gum Machine is an Adafruit NFC shield running on some tweaked Adafruit NFC code
Fixing the Adafruit NFC shield and Arduino microcontroller in place
Deliciously retro-looking coin slot lever to the front of the Digital Gum Machine waiting for a 50 cent coin
The process starts with a user inserting a 50 cent coin into the slot on the from of the Digital Gum Machine
After turning the lever, the coin drops and a message appears on the screen instructing the user to place a smartphone near the release shoot
The machine delivers random digital content - such as apps, movie trailers, songs or e-books - to the smartphone placed near the release shoot
The Razorfish Emerging Experiences team has built a Digital Gum Machine that sends apps and games to a smartphone using NFC technology in exchange for small change
The buyer doesn't actually control what's sent from the gumball machine installed at the Razorfish office, it's been set to random
The development team behind the Digital Gum Machine, which was designed to broaden the often limited current view of what can be achieved with NFC technology
Article Summary
As a child, there was something magically rewarding about dropping some small change into the slot of a gumball machine, turning the lever and being rewarded with some hard candy. The Razorfish Emerging Experiences team has now updated the mini-vending machine for the digital age with a prototype Digital Gum Machine that delivers a digital treat to a smartphone in exchange for a 50 cent coin.
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