ATMs are such an integral part of everyday life that itâ??s hard to imagine a world without them. But the truth is that the humble cash dispenser has only been around for half a century. However, in that time, the ATM has appeared all over the world in many different guises â?? from a giant pink elephant to a floating dispenser. As the cash machine enters middle age, we look around the world at the most astonishing ATMs around.