Kraft Foods and Crane join technology firms in developing high-tech interactive vender.(VENDING MARKET WATCH)

Kraft Foods Inc. and Crane Merchandising Systems have teamed with Samsung and Digitas, a digital advertising company, on developing a state-of-the-art snack vending machine that features an embedded, networked computer and a 46-inch Samsung LCD touchscreen panel. Consumers can have a dramatically improved vending experience simply through the touch of a screen. The companies hope to transform snack vending machines into an interactive marketing communication network.

The "diji-touch" machine, featuring Samsung's "uVending" …