9/6/18 From Vending Times Vending Machine Promotes Medical Cannabis As Pain-Treating Alternative To Opioids by Emily Jed Posted On: 9/6/2018 CHICAGO — Vending machines are at the center of Cresco Labs’ anti-opioid campaign highlighting real-life stories of the positive impact cannabis has combating the national epidemic. Last week, when the Alternative to Opioids Act, a […]
Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you
8/21/18 From AppleVis Unlimited: What’s New and Noteworthy for July 2018 Seeing AI (iOS, Free) Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world and describe nearby people, text […]
More Than A Smart Cane
8/21/18 Shared by Be my Eyes More Than A Smart Cane For any white cane users out there, can you imagine getting turn-by-turn directions from your cane? Or having the ability to detect objects with it? Imagine no more, it’s here! Young Guru Academy (YGA), a non-profit organization founded in Turkey, cultivates leaders to realize […]
Don’s Snack Attack aims to provide a ‘little bit of lightness’ at the courthouse
8/21/18 Shared by Giovanni Francese, From the Chicago Sun Times August 21, 2018 ByAshlee Rezin @Ashlee_Rezin | email 08/18/2018, 03:53pm Don’s Snack Attack aims to provide a ‘little bit of lightness’ at the courthouse Link to video: https://chicago.suntimes.com/video/don-bell-snack-attack-leighton-criminal-courthouse-working-360/?jwsource=cl The man who runs the concession stand that occupies about 400 square feet in the lobby […]
Legislation to Prohibit Beverage Taxes Signed by California Governor
7/30/18 Shared by NAMA Legislation to Prohibit Beverage Taxes Signed by California Governor Last Thursday the Governor of California signed Assembly Bill 1838, which prohibits new local taxes on “groceries” through 2030. The bill prevents local entities from imposing any grocery taxes, including taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, through 2030. AB 1838 is retroactive to the […]
Game-Changing Technology: A Review of the Horizon Smart Glasses from Aira
7/30/18 Game-Changing Technology: A Review of the Horizon Smart Glasses from Aira; Deborah Kendrick Product Reviews and Guides What do ant hills, printer jams, and new neighbors have in common? They represent moments when Aira agents helped me with an otherwise impossible task or, at the very least, reduced to a mere fraction the time […]
Rest Area Commercialization Update
7/30/18 Shared by John Gordon, Bureau Chief BBS and Nicky Gacos, President NABM Rest Area Commercialization Update Looks like some good news out of DC, we still need to keep the pressure on. Thanks Nicholas Gacos President National Association Blind Merchants From: Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman Date: July 25, 2018 at 1:27:11 PM EDT […]
Is Your Micro Market ADA Compliant?
7/3/18 From Vending Market Watch – Is Your Micro Market ADA Compliant? BY EMILY REFERMAT ON MAY 1, 2018 The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) sets standards that allow those with disabilities to patronize business establishments. This includes locations with vending machines, which were named in the “Side Reach” section of the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design, […]
Apple Pay vs. Samsung Pay vs. Google Pay: Which mobile payment system is best?
7/3/18 From Keeping in Touch with NAMA Apple Pay vs. Samsung Pay vs. Google Pay: Which mobile payment system is best? BY LEXY SAVVIDES, VANESSA HAND ORELLANA JUNE 17, 2018 Mobile payment want you to swap your wallet for a phone or in some cases, a watch. Rather than carrying around cash and […]
All government buildings in Baltimore County, MD can now only offer “healthy” choices
5/23/18 From Vending Market Watch All government buildings in Baltimore County, MD can now only offer “healthy” choices as mandated by an executive order, according to wbaltv. Baltimore County is the seventh jurisdiction to convert their vending machines to a “healthy” regimen, but the first to make them 100 percent healthy. The idea, explained some county […]