The pace of user interface innovation at Spanish airports

Back in 2003, I posted this paragon of user interface design that I discovered at the Malaga airport, when trying to pay for my parking ticket:

While visiting the Malaga airport this weekend, I thought I’d check to see how things have things have progressed over the past 13 years—yes, thirteen years!! As you can see, the size of smartphone images has increased over that period, but unfortunately the user interface design of Spanish airport parking machines hasn’t seen much progress:

As far as I can tell, the only change to the machine is the addition of some stuck-on signs helping to explain how the crazy contraption works!