July 20, 2010: Made-to-order ice cream

SO FAR IT HAS BEEN A

SUMMER OF HIGHS IN THE

90s, WITH A HEALTHY

HELPING OF DRENCHING

HUMIDITY.

BUT A LOCAL COMPANY HAS

FOUND A WAY TO HELP YOU

COOL OFF WHILE TEMPTING

YOUR TASTEBUDS WITH THE

WORLD'S MOST POPULAR

DESSERT.

IT IS AN ICE CREAM-LOVERS

DREAM COME TRUE.

A MADE TO ORDER ICE CREAM

VENDING MACHINE ON WHEELS.

>> WE ROLL THE MACHINE IN

AND WITHIN A FEW SHORT

MINUTES, PEOPLE ARE MAKING

THEIR OWN ICE CREAM.

>> Rooney: BRUCE IS THE

C.E.O. OF THE

TAUNTON-BASED REBELLA ICE

CREAM-MAKER.

A WAIT WELL WORTH IT FOR

SOME.

>> IT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> Rooney: USING A

COMPUTER TOUCH-SCREEN, YOU

CAN MAKE A PERSONALIZED

FRESH, HARD SCOOP OF ICE

CREAM IN UNDER A MINUTE.

FIRST, CHOOSE A 100% BASED

ICE CREAM, REGULAR OR

LIGHT.

CHOOSE A FLAVOR AND FINISH

IT OFF WITH A TOPPING.

>> THEY HAVE OVER 96

VARIETIES.

>> Rooney: THESE

REFRIGERATOR-SIZED ICE

CREAM MACHINES CAN BE

FOUND IN 24 LOCATIONS

THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND.

INCLUDING THIS ONE AT THE

AQUARIUM.

>> I THINK IT'S GOOD.

IT TASTES LIKE REGULAR ICE

CREAM.

>> Rooney: THE DOWNSIDE,

THE MACHINE DOESN'T OFFER

CONES, BUT HE ASSURES US

THAT IS ON THE WAY.

>> I'VE PROBABLY EATEN A

LITTLE MORE ICE CREAM THAN

I SHOULD HAVE.

>> Rooney: THE & IS

$3.50 A CUP.

TOMORROW AT NOON ON E-9.7,

DOs AND DON'Ts FASHION

STYLES.

AND CALLIE CROSSLEY AT

1:00.

ROLLING BACK THE STATE'S

SALES TAX, IS IT TOO

TEMPTING FOR VOTERS TO

REFUSE?

THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT AT

7:00.

I'M EMILY ROONEY.

GOOD NIGHT.