Let’s be real—we’ve all gotten a little obsessive about touching surfaces lately. (Hand sanitizer in the car, anyone?) But even before the germ-pocalypse, ice machines were basically public petri dishes. You’d press a button that thousands of sweaty, questionable hands had pressed, then scoop cubes that tumbled past your neighbor’s dog’s breath.
Empire Ice Company clearly got the memo. Their Touchless Ice Dispensing system uses infrared sensors that activate the flow the second you hold a cup nearby. No contact. No cross-contamination. No side-eye. It’s the difference between using a public toilet and having a private throne.
