Graham2001
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Three items from the past few years that should not have existed, but received sufficent money to be built via crowdfunding, often with the addition of Bluetooth and internet connectivity
1. Juicero
https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/how-is-this-thing.html
Teardown by some guy in Canada, the comments are well worth reading...
1. Juicero
So what is it? It's a $700 juicer that you buy (yes, seven hundred dollars), and then in the same way you buy different coffee pods for a Keurig, you buy different types of juice packets which range up to $10 each (yes, ten dollars). Hey, pre-cleaning and chopping organic (of course) fruit then putting it in a non-degradable packet is hard work! Pop the juice packet into the juicer, press a button, and a minute later you have a glass of juice. Then you throw away the packet, nothing to clean. But wait, there's more. The packet has a QR code on it (those square, 2D barcodes) and the system reads the QR code to compare with an internet database (it's WiFi connected of course) and see if the packet is in date - if you're in luck the system will press the juice for you just right. If not, or your internet happens to be down, no such luck and the $10 you spent will get you nothing.
https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/how-is-this-thing.html
Teardown by some guy in Canada, the comments are well worth reading...
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