Free coffee: just yawn

Published: Sep 26, 2026 Author: World Gafei Last Updated: Sep/26/2026 108 views

According to the US blog news site gawker.com on July 25, in order to turn its coffee into a first-class brand in the eyes of sleepy people, Dutch roaster Dewey Egbots has installed a vending machine at Tambo International Airport in South Africa to sell coffee by collecting customers' yawns. The vending machine is equipped with facial recognition software that can recognize about 200 yawns.

In an effort to turn its coffee into a first-class brand in the eyes of sleepy people, Dutch roaster Dewey Egbots has installed a vending machine at South Africa's Tambo International Airport to sell coffee by "collecting" customers' yawns, US blog news site gawker.com reported on July 25.

The vending machine is equipped with facial recognition software that can recognize about 200 yawns and then send customers a cup of refreshing coffee based on the yawns collected.

Director Feng's mouth is very wide open, ah, estimated to be a big cup, ~

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