Buy hot chips from vending machines

澳洲将推出热薯条自动贩卖机

Hot chip vending machine created by company that believed it could fry

A Western Australian company has made a hot chip vending machine that deep fries frozen chips while you wait.

澳大利亚西部一家公司设计出一款热薯条自动贩卖机,在顾客等候期间能自动将冷冻薯条烤制成热腾腾的薯条.

While the idea has occurred to many who have stared sadly at the closed sign of the local takeaway at 3am before stumbling home for a disappointing slice of toast, the successful execution took years of work.

凌晨三点,人们幽怨的盯一眼外卖餐馆前暂时歇业的告示牌,而后踩着无力的脚步回家啃令人毫无胃口、索然无味的面包片时,脑海通常会闪过一个念头：如果有一台热食自动售卖机该多好,这种想法历经多年终于变成了现实.

It's the latest venture of the Perth businessman Peter Malone, best known for his turn as managing director of collapsed telecommunications company New Tel, the $2.5bn business he founded with his best man in 1988.

这是澳大利亚珀斯城（Perth）商人彼得·马?≒eter Malone）最新的风险项目,其最为人熟知的身份是电信公司New Tel总经理一职,这是他在1988年与其男傧相携手建立的公司,在即将倒闭前,该公司曾有过25亿美元的辉煌.

New Tel was publicly listed in 1999 and raised $150m from the market before its promise of being "the America Online of China" fell flat. When the company went into administration in 2002 it owed creditors almost $50m. Both Telstra and Optus were owed $10m.

New Tel于1999年上市,在其推行的"在中国实现与美国的自由通讯"计划失败之前,曾从市场中筹集到1.5亿美元,2002年,公司因计划失败亏欠股东近5000万美元,改由政府接管.当时澳大利亚电信公司（Telstra）和澳都斯公司（Optus ）皆负债1000万美元.

Malone, who heads The Hot Chips Company, said the vending machine's development began more than 10 years ago when his group of business associates began tracking failed attempts by other companies.

担任热薯条公司（The Hot Chips Company）执行董事的马?硎?早在十多年前,当其商业团队与其他公司失去监管联系时便开始研发这款自动贩卖机.

He said their machine, which has just passed the trial stage and will start commercial production this year, fried the chips in a 10-litre vat of rice bran oil in the belly of the machine.

马隆称,这款机器不久前刚通过试验阶段,将于今年投入商业化生产,薯条会在含有10升米糠油的机体内烤制.

The technology used in the final design, which relies on a robotic arm to catch the chips in a cup and then serve them up to the waiting customer, has only become available in recent years.