NEC’s new Cup-o-smack(tm) vending machine
It’s gr-r-reat to being living today in what used to be my science-fiction cartoon world. Case in point is Japan’s NEC copying the Futurama episode where they pass a malfunctioning “Refreshing Crack” vending machine with a junkie pounding on the machine screaming, “Come on, don’t hold out on me man!”
Biometric methadone dispensers tested on UK lags
— Cuppa tea? Cup-a-soup? Cup-o-smack? —
The Register - Wednesday 16th April 2008 06:02 GMT–NEC is supplying the Prison Service with biometric methadone dispensers in up to 100 prisons. The machines will check prisoners’ fingerprints or iris scans to access their medical record before dispensing the correct dose of methadone….The project is expected to cost £3.5m for 100 prisons…more…
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