The price of gold has risen steadily in the past year, with a noticeable jump in mid-April. Perhaps this rise has driven attention to a viral video from China showing a machine similar to an ATM.
You can deposit gold into it. The machine, which is located in a mall in Shanghai, melts the gold, assays it, and gives you credit for its value, minus a small fee, depositing the money in your bank account.
-via Trung Phan, who jokes about the value of scraping gold out of old VCRs.
