What a Hack

Okay, so I wasn't going to post the link to this because I didn't want other people to be as cool as I am for being able to hack a vending machine.

The other night Michal and I went for a drive and on the way home we stoped at a Marsh store and I hacked the Pepsi machine. Here's how it works. Each button on the machine can be thought of as having a corresponding number (see image below).

Getting into the debug menu is as simple as pressing buttons. Some random person hanging around with friends can accidently enter in the code and not know it.
This picture shows you, in order, what buttons to press from 1-4.
Yes, it is as simple as just pressing those 4 buttons. The manufacturers could have made it a complex series of button presses or at least a button inside the Pepsi machine.

Okay, so once you're in the machine, there isn't much you can do. It's just reading information off of the vending machines computer (core temp., total sales etc...) no free soda or slot machine functions!