Walmart Stores Get CCTV-Enabled, Breathalyzin' Wine Vending Machines 135
Select Pennsylvania Walmarts have found a way to work around the law prohibiting alcohol sales in grocery stores. It turns out the shortsighted legislature forgot to make it illegal to sell wine from a vending machine: "as long as the user is asked to take a breathalyzer test, swipe their state issued ID or Driver License, and then show their mug to a state official sitting somewhere in Harrisburg, who is keeping an eye on the proceedings via CCTV." I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner.
A little behind? (Score:5, Interesting)
Turns out, Kirin [kirinholdings.co.jp] wasn't a cola - it's a beer. Big signs, written in Japanese, said something to the effect "If you are under 21, please don't buy from this machine." No cameras, no ID swipe. Trust. Apparently, they could trust a 16-year-old to not buy something that was not allowed to them, or at least not to be stupid about it.
Inaccurate - Not as cool as they seem (Score:4, Interesting)
PA has one of the largest liquor stores anywhere. (Score:4, Interesting)