Photo: Damian Dovargenes/AP Photo
If you can get cash 24 hours a day, why not cupcakes? This touch-screen machine is a so-called cupcake ATM, which dispenses single-serving boxes of cake from the Sprinkles Cupcakes retail outlet in Beverly Hills, Calif. A robotic arm is programmed to grab the flavors the customers order no matter when the sweet tooth needs indulging.











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Willie Jones
Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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