http://gizmodo.com/this-kiosk-prints-magazines-and-newspapers-as-theyre-p-1245113721
Many
people are
claiming that these new Meganews Magazines autonomous newstands could save
the print industry. That's maybe a bit optimistic, but at the least they'll
help reduce the mountains of wasted paper from unsold magazines since the over-sized vending machine
only prints publications when they're ordered, in just two minutes.
The kiosk has access to a remote server where publishers upload the latest
editions of their periodicals, and using a touchscreen interface customers can
browse more than 200 different magazines, newspapers, or journals. When they
come across an issue they want to buy, a simple credit card transaction results
in a high-quality, freshly printed copy courtesy of a high-speed Ricoh printer
on the inside. And the first machine has officially been installed in
Stockholm, Sweden.
