Pizza from a machine? Well, it is coming from the Italians, specifically one Italian -- Claudio Torghele.

Torghele took 10 years to develop his "Let's Pizza" machine , which makes pies from scratch. He launched the prototype in his homeland in 2009.

The machine bakes pizza from fresh ingredients in under three minutes, Torghele said. You can actually watch the machine mix flour and water, knead the dough, spin the dough into a circle, spread the sauce and add toppings of your choice.

Torghele's machines are already in use in the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland. And he's expanding to Russia and Belgium this year.

Pepsi's social vending prototype machine features a touch-screen that lets you enter a friend's name, mobile number and text message -- and get this -- "gift" a beverage to them.

If that's not cool enough, another option lets you record a short video right at the machine and send that with the gift, too.

Your friend can redeem his drink at the nearest Pepsi "Be Social" vending machine after entering a code that goes along with the text message. They can also send back a "Thank you" message.

In less than a minute, this fully automatic, human-free cotton candy maker from VendEver spins and fluffs a pink vanilla, non-sticky cotton candy concoction.

With the VendEver Cotton Candy Factory machine, cotton candy lovers can still watch warm sugar crystals magically transform into a super sweet treat.

Rick Leffke, CEO of VendEver, said 350 cotton candy machines are already in use nationwide, in movie theaters, bowling alleys and on college campuses.

Hip, cool and amazing aren't words people often use to describe vending machines.

But that may be changing soon.

The National Automatic Merchandising Association is currently on the road, showcasing its latest and greatest vending machine innovations.

Indeed. Bitter coffee, stale candy and cigarettes are out. Meanwhile machines that spin cotton candy, make fresh pizza and let users "gift" a soda to a friend to, are in.

It was time for an overhaul, said John Healy, spokesman for the association, adding that the $40 billion industry took a hit during the recession.

"The idea behind the road tour is to showcase these new concepts and also attract the attention of younger consumers who are our ideal consumers," said Healy. "We have to remind them why we are so convenient for them, both as a quick shopping option and possibly also as an industry they would want to work in."