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29 October 2014 | Updated 01 January 1970

Smart Vend Solutions, a vending equipment supply company, is claiming the UK arrival of the world’s first vending machines enabled for facial recognition.

The free standing machine was the highlight of an exclusive event to launch the new Smart Vend Solutions’ brand to the UK market to an audience of the UK’s leading vending, retail and technology professionals and media.

A member of the Automatic Vending Association (AVA), the company is the exclusive UK distribution partner of Rheavendors, one of the most established names in the European vending machines manufacturing industry.

The partnership has been formed to establish the Luce X2 Touch TV machine. When linked with an existing database of self-registered subscribers (in accordance with the Data Protection Act), Rheavendors machines are capable of identifying, personally greeting and servicing the user with tailor-made options based upon historical purchases, preferences and favourite recipes.

By using the state-of-the art software developed over the last two years by Rheavendors, the advanced facial mapping system enables the equipment to allow or disallow products based upon users’ age, gender or dietary requirements. This represents a groundbreaking tool that could have significant implications for catering, particularly in hospitals and schools.

If, for example, the machine is programmed to identify that a recognised individual has lactose intolerance or diabetes, it can refuse to serve the user, a potentially life-saving advancement.

Pictured: Luce X2 Touch TV machine, capable of identifying, personally greeting and servicing the user with tailor-made options.

Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 29 October 2014

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