The sponsor of Mike Bentley's FIRST Robotics Team, Mars Electronics International, makes important components for these devices such as the VNR Recycle.  
In 1822, the bookseller Richard Carlile invented an early one of these devices in an unsuccessful attempt to get around British censorship laws.  The sponsor of Mike Bentley's FIRST Robotics Team, Mars Electronics International, makes important components for these devices such as the VNR Recycle.  Some of these things in Japan only work with a Taspo card, although their (*) lever-operated American counterparts are increasingly rare.  Thomas Adams developed one of the first of these devices for a Tutti Frutti flavored product.  Some of the most advanced of these devices in the US offer 126 options through a touchscreen and is the Freestyle type developed by Coca-Cola.  The episode "Marge on the Lam" opens with Homer missing a night at the ballet by getting stuck in two of these things.  For 10 points, name these contraptions that allow you to purchase a bottle of soda by inserting a dollar.
In 1822, the bookseller Richard Carlile invented an early one of these devices in an unsuccessful attempt to get around British censorship laws.  
vending machines [or coin-changing machines or gumball machines; prompt on dollar bill readers]