UCSD Biometric Vending Machine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 1, 2006 @10:19AM from the tracking-your-soda-habits dept.

dice writes to tell us that grad students at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) are creating the first biometric vending machine. The current machine comes equipped with a barcode scanner, a fingerprint reader, and a web cam for facial recognition. One student dubbed it the "most over-designed soda machine in the world." The project, code-named "SodaVision," is the brainchild of associate professor Stefan Savage, but it was the students who really made it come to life. And yes, it runs Linux.

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Vista Machine by ManoSinistra · 2006-08-01 11:06 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And yes, it runs Linux
What a relief. Could you imagine what would happen if it ran Vista?

Bob: I want a soda.
Machine: **please scan finger**
Bob: :scans finger:
Machine: **processing**
Machine: **still processing**
Machine: **your fingerprint data is about to be send over an un-encrypted network. Continue?**
Irritated Bob: YES!
Machine: **please wait until 2007 for your soda**
Irate Bob: [censored] - Where's that Linux machine . . .