Yeah, nah I'm gonna stick my with Hamilton Beach. Sure theres cleanup involved with it but it's like 20 seconds under running Water with the brush it comes with. Plus I know what I'm juicing is actual Organic Fruits and Vegetables as opposed to mystery Moon liquid from a faceless corporation. Thats another thing. The juice in the bags just looks wrong to me somehow, like it's got this slightly slimy, glossy look to it.
And since when the fucking bloody hell have you ever, in history needed an internet connection to get juice out of a bag?
The clunky kitchen tech in Back To The Future II was way more user friendly, and actually useful.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKL4q_NeDK4[/media]
[QUOTE=latin_geek;52134561]don't worry guys, the package is fully recyclable (if you take the time to open the thing and clear all the pulp out)
and heck, that pulp is still good for things! Juicero Inc. has some great suggestions! like rubbing it on your face!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BVre6YS.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Using fruits / vegetables as skin, hair, or body care products is more common than you may think.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;52133869]That juicer would be terrible to use...
If you're going into design, you really should take a listen to Don Norman.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQEoJaLQRA[/media][/QUOTE]
Phillip Stark's Juicer was part of an art movement called post-modernism where function took a major backseat to formalism. Having a conversation piece was much more important than having the product actually work well.
The result is you get products like this
[thumb]http://catalog.quittenbaum.de/daten/M/BilderJPG/22900/22927.jpg[/thumb]
I thought this overpriced piece of IoT shit crushed actual fruit into juice, instead of squirting a Capri-Sun bag into a glass. It's like this thing is meant to be nothing more than a science-fiction movie prop because it looks stylishly minimalistic and "does modern things like smartphone integration and wifi".
There's some reasonably valid applications for Internet of Things like, I don't know, doorbells that can take messages while you're out and you get a little notification on your phone and maybe speak with the ringer over your phone network too. Most, if not all IoT things aren't thought up by people who go "I think this would be really useful" but by investors who have some leftover pocket money and don't want to "waste it on something frivolous" so they found a startup for a supposed appliance with data mining potential, that sounds good enough on paper, to convince some poor asshole with bad spending habits to buy one, and then bum around their investor friends who also happen to have some pocket money. These things are a waste of resources, imagine what you could use all these separate components for like the QR scanner and the press but no, it squeezes Capri-Sun bags into a cup.
Not to mention that you could buy at least two 10-packs of Capri-Suns for the price of a glass of Juicero juice.
[QUOTE=J.Barnes;52136251]Yeah, nah I'm gonna stick my with Hamilton Beach. Sure theres cleanup involved with it but it's like 20 seconds under running Water with the brush it comes with. Plus I know what I'm juicing is actual Organic Fruits and Vegetables as opposed to mystery Moon liquid from a faceless corporation. Thats another thing. The juice in the bags just looks wrong to me somehow, like it's got this slightly slimy, glossy look to it.
And since when the fucking bloody hell have you ever, in history needed an internet connection to get juice out of a bag?
The clunky kitchen tech in Back To The Future II was way more user friendly, and actually useful.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKL4q_NeDK4[/media][/QUOTE]
I wanna know when someone's gonna step the fuck up and make that pizza hydrator.
[QUOTE=Hans-Gunther 3.;52136568]Not to mention that you could buy at least two 10-packs of Capri-Suns for the price of a glass of Juicero juice.[/QUOTE]
As stupid as the machine itself is, I have to defend the bags. They're not filled with corn syrup and juice concentrate like Capri Sun. They contain chopped fruits and vegetables (chopped so finely that you can squeeze the fresh juice from them with your hands).
[QUOTE=DasMatze;52135400]The CEO looks like Steve Ballmer:
[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/21/03/3F70401100000578-0-image-m-79_1492741224441.jpg[/img]
Can't wait for him to get out on a stage in a sweat-soaked shirt screaming "DRM! DRM! DRM!" or some shit.[/QUOTE]That'd save a lot of time. Usually if I want to see a stressed-out, large bald man scream "FRUIT! FRUIT! FRUIT!" at me, I need to pay a lot of money or have that one weird dream where I'm back in high school gym class.
silicon valley was a mistake
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;52136384]Phillip Stark's Juicer was part of an art movement called post-modernism where function took a major backseat to formalism. Having a conversation piece was much more important than having the product actually work well.
The result is you get products like this
[thumb]http://catalog.quittenbaum.de/daten/M/BilderJPG/22900/22927.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE]
I think it's supposed to transform into a cupboard.
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;52137190]I think it's supposed to transform into a cupboard.[/QUOTE]
Nope, it's a bookcase. It doesn't transform or anything, it's just like that.
This is the cupboard.
[thumb]http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2006AU/2006AU6581.jpg[/thumb]
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;52137474]Nope, it's a bookcase. It doesn't transform or anything, it's just like that.
This is the cupboard.
[thumb]http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2006AU/2006AU6581.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE]
[I]I, Aku, shape shifting master of darkness... [/I]
[QUOTE=TheRealFierce;52133337]I actually recognize that design. This is a juicer made by somewhat renowned French designer Philippe Starck, you can actually still buy these. [url]https://www.amazon.com/Alessi-PSJS-Juicy-Citrus-Squeezer/dp/B00004YTQZ[/url]
[IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41eNEtwH4fL.jpg[/IMG]
Although, from what I heard, it's not even that good as a juicer. From what I remember, it was made more to look good in a kitchen as a piece of art than to be an effective juicer.[/QUOTE]
[url=https://youtu.be/CWgVrAVXnws?t=2m]I knew that looked familiar...[/url]
Anybody who has played Watch Dogs 2 would know that making everything connected to the internet is a call for disaster. Not only does it have privacy concerns and is actually less convenient than the thing without internet connection, it could even be used as part of a botnet, as we saw with the Mirai malware too.
[QUOTE=TheRealFierce;52133337]I actually recognize that design. This is a juicer made by somewhat renowned French designer Philippe Starck, you can actually still buy these. [url]https://www.amazon.com/Alessi-PSJS-Juicy-Citrus-Squeezer/dp/B00004YTQZ[/url]
[IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41eNEtwH4fL.jpg[/IMG]
Although, from what I heard, it's not even that good as a juicer. From what I remember, it was made more to look good in a kitchen as a piece of art than to be an effective juicer.[/QUOTE]
I think that thing looks fucking sweet. Would look neat in a retro style kitchen. Too bad it sucks for actually juicing.
i was saying this in sensationalist headlines and had more time to think of better ideas than this:
put the juicero into a commercial setting, similar to those freel milkshakes you can get at the gas station, and just let people instantly get their juice at a gas station or what have you. you can then still charge abhorrent amounts of money because commercial-use shit costs more for no reason and nobody would think the wiser. you can even keep the same $7/$8 a pouch prices cause it's still got the branding and shit.
maybe you could just take the bags and turn them into instant juice packs, like an upside down capri sun or something. you still get the fresh squeezed taste and don't have to pay for a license to use the product, and there isn't all that fucking R&D involved. the only downside is [I]oh no whatever will we do about expired juice packs everyone will die[/I] (this is a non-issue if your customers are fucking humans and can read expiration dates. spinach recalls are not as common as you think lmao)
or you could make a juicer that uses a phone as a readout and calculates the perfect blend of juices based on quantity, and even mixes it for you. hell, throw in some community juices and allow people to share their recipes, and get suggestions based off what you drink. plus, allow the customer to source their own ingredients instead, which helps going back into the environment instead of making these shitty non-biodegradable shitty bags.
there are SO MANY MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE. but instead they've taken IoT and shit all over it, which will definitely stifle IoT products in the future and decrease consumer interest. maybe that was their plan all along, to basically end the IoT craze with the least consumer friendly product available.
[QUOTE=Gamerman12;52139384]i was saying this in sensationalist headlines and had more time to think of better ideas than this:
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Sometimes I just like to think that greed makes people do questionable things. Imagine the presser is a "pay wall" to gain access to their exclusive high-quality juice. Scummy, but if you want the best motherfucking juice they claimed to be, you fork over the money. They could easily just sell, y'know, expensive but otherwise normal carton juice but noooooooooooooo
Since this brand has been tarnished they can just come up with a new one.
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Oh I did read that Juicero did see some service on high-end hotels, so there's that.
[QUOTE=ForgotPassword;52139609]So in that press release, the CEO says one of the reasons the juicer is for is to combat the obesity problem in the country. That reason alone is so BS, like how are you going to fix the country's obesity problem with a 700$ price tag? And on top of that 7$ a glass juices? That alone would deter anyone trying to go healthy.[/QUOTE]
If everyone would blow their money on a $700 juicer and drink 3 glasses of juice every day, people wouldn't have the money to do anything but drink the juicero juice and starve,[I] duh[/I].
Wait, Google invested in this piece of trash of all things? 150 million for this? What the fuck.
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