The five most pointless tech solutions to non-problems
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#2M4ED)
After the widely mocked $400 wifi-enabled Juicero machine, here are five over-engineered fixes to issues that arise when you have too much money
The Juicero was a joke even before this week. It's the apotheosis of everything people mock about Silicon Valley: a $400 (313) wifi-connected juice machine, which can only be refilled with single-purpose pods full of crushed fruit and veg that cost $5-8 per 230ml cup.
Oh, the pods can also only be shipped to 17 western states because they only have a shelf life of around a week.
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