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Finally cleared my laptop after virusgate. And as soon as I got onto the web again guess what I found?

Autowed! It's an automated marraige vending machine designed by British designers Concept Shed AutoWed is a novelty wedding machine offering a quick hitch, a couple of rings and a personalised (although unofficial) certificate for just £1/$1. Motion sensors are used to call out to passers-by to come and get hitched. Once you insert your money, it plays a specially composed almost 8-bit intro version of the wedding march and asks you to select your union type; “Press one for straight, two for gay, three for lesbian or four for B.F.F.” You both enter your names on the machined metal keyboard and AutoWed asks if you take each other as lawful wedded partners and to press one for ‘I do’ or press two to ‘Escape’. It then takes you through the rest of your ceremony and vends two plastic eggs with rings in and prints out your personalised wedding receipt from a thermal printer. It finishes by offering you a 10% discount for AutoDivorce with your receipt. I just think it's a rather cute idea and just a bit of fun really.