Vending machines are very popular in Japan. As a special marketing gag, a company set up a human-powered vending machine in Tokyo:

Photo by Eurotechnology Blog – Read their article for the full version; I had to chop it up due to space reasons.
(Via Eurotechnology Blog.)
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