Lay's futuristic vending machine will peel, boil, slice and bake a potato into chips - really?

Lay's futuristic vending machine will peel, boil, slice and bake a potato into chips - really?

(no, not really. Read on.)
PepsiCo and BBDO are doing some wild vending machines lately, first there was that social one (which unfortunately didn't spit out Pepsi cans into the nuts of chosen pals passing by), and soon there will be a cooking one. AdAge reports that in a Buenos Aires supermarket this fall people will be able to feed a raw potato into a machine and receive a bag of chips after watching the spud being peeled, boiled, sliced, spiced and baked through a window on the machine. Woah. That sounds mighty futuristic, can I get one of these for my kitchen? Is technology really already here for that sort of stunt? My kitchen appliances can't do this!
Oh, wait, there's a bit of smoke and mirrors involved.

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