Gujarat Man Invents Pani Puri Vending Machine From 100% E-Waste, And It Works
The machine¡¯s operation is quite simple. Insert the money and select the pani puri of your choice
COVID-19 has completely altered our lives, forcing us all to stay locked indoors, forcing us to adopt healthier lifestyles devoid of street food indulgences.
However, authorities have slowly tried to get things back to normal, with shops opening for longer durations, albeit while maintaining social distancing norms.
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However, amidst all things we all miss eating delicious street food, especially Pani Puri (or gol gappe, or phuckha, whatever you guys call it). In the current situation, no matter how tempted we are, we can¡¯t even think of eating street food for fear of COVID-19.
This has also severely affected the lives of street vendors that were once loved by many. But it looks like one man has a solution to bring gol gappas or pani puri back on our menu.
Pani puri machine
A video has been circulating online, of a machine that looks very much like an ordinary ATM machine, except, this machine dispenses pani puri instead of cash.
Now this is real Indian ingenuity!
¡ª Hardi Singh (@HardiSpeaks) July 2, 2020
A Pani Poori vending machine.
Call it by any name Gol Gappe, Puchka, Batasa - we love it! pic.twitter.com/wC288b9uUD
Developed by Bharat Prajapati from Gujarat, this Pani Puri machine could be the hygienic, delicious solution we truly need right now.
Reported first by Gadgets360, the Pani Puri machine¡¯s operation is quite simple: Insert the money, select the pani puri of your choice and see the machine dispense hygienic pani puris one after another.
Made from e-waste
Prajapati is a mobile technician by profession. He fixes smartphones for a living, in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. He said that he learnt to make machines like these himself, tinkering electronics since a young age.
He also takes pride in the fact that the Pani Puri machine has been developed entirely from electronic waste that he had lying around.
Runs on battery too
It took him six months to get the machine ready for business. The machine runs on power but also has the ability to run on a 24-volt battery and can stay running for up to 6 hours on a single charge.
It cost him around Rs 40,000 to build the automatic pani puri vending machine, but he feels that with a better production facility, the price can be brought lower.
People are surely excited to see pani puri back in action, with a much-needed hygienic twist.
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