Generally speaking, vending machines dispense a somewhat predicable inventory of snacks and beverages. That was until American artist Gabe Barcia-Colombo created the world's first a DNA dispensing vending machine.

Designed to raise awareness of the increasing access to biotechnology, at the touch of a button the DNA vending machine dispenses real human DNA. For a reasonable cost, you are able to buy a sample of human DNA, along with a photographic portrait of the human specimen and a link to a their own unique DNA extraction video. The installation piece was the result of time spent at the New York biohacking space Genspace.

The ubiquity of vending machines in urban cities makes it an interesting vessel of critical comment. Much like the Machine to be Another, which saw art collective Be Another Lab use an Oculus Rift in an installation to offer a new perspective on the human form, DNA Vending Machine intentionally blurs the line between art and science.