North Kolkata filtered water supply to be disrupted on Dec 16-17 due to Tallah Pump repairs
From soft drinks to chocolates, now here is a new vending machine that will give you bullets. Yes, you read that right, there are bullet vending machines now, and that too in such a country where random shooting incidents are pretty common.
Three US states introduced vending machines for bullets at grocery shops. These automated kiosks for ammunition available at some shops in Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma now allow customers to scan their IDs and walk away with a round of bullets for their weapons.
The vending machines are “as easy to use as an ATM” and are “free from constraints” of store hours. These machines use "built-in AI technology, card scanning capabilities, and facial recognition software" to match the buyer's ID to their face. It also ensures that the buyer is over 18 years of age.
To buy ammunition, customers have to select the kind they want to buy on the machine's touchscreen. They are then required to scan their ID, after which they collect the bullets from a hole at the bottom of the vending machine.