Ready for that midday soda or energy jolt? Soon you may not even have to touch a vending machine to grab that sugar-free Dr Pepper, Orange Crush or Red Bull. Using a sensor at the top of the machine, ...

Your favorite soft drink -- now with more social! Variations on that tag line could become common if a new Pepsi experiment in social networking becomes successful -- the social vending machine. This ...

There are few things as social as sharing a drink with someone, even if that someone is thousands of miles away. PepsiCo recently unveiled their Social Vending System, an advanced vending machine ...

In a move that ups Coca-Cola's decades-old “I'd like to buy the world a Coke” campaign, PepsiCo introduced a new vending machine prototype that allows consumers to buy their friends around the world a ...

So Pepsi wants to finally harness the power of social connectivity with a new type of vending machine that would more than level the playing field against its big rival. The whole concept is rather ...