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I was not familiar with the product and after reading article I question if I am understanding this right. This press is only for their custom bag of pulp ?

Karunamon 9y ago
Correct. You can't use anything else with it. There's a QR code scanner where the bag sits, meaning the press won't even operate unless there's a bag with a recognized (and validated via internet connection) serial number.
- noam87 9y ago
  This company has to be a front for something; there has to be more to this story... I refuse to believe this is real. $120 million raised!
  - CamperBob2 9y ago
    Only thing I can think of is that they've been granted some extremely broad patents on the general idea of IoT-based food processing.
  - netsharc 9y ago
    Some kid came up with an idea, his bro econ student joined in and drafted a sales pitch, the investment glut means there's too many people with too much money just sitting around in their bank accounts and they thought they could invest in this, because it "surely" will make money since it has analytics (big data) and IoT, and there you have it.
    - ennuihenry 9y ago
      It wasn't a kid though. The guy had some pedigree because he opened a chain of juice bars back in the early 2000s. He's also been in contact with Jony Ive and Bill Gates, so I'm sure his connections helped him.
- daemin 9y ago
  How easy would it be to just cut out the top of the bag with the QR code and stick it there? Then the machine would squeeze anything inside it within the limited shelf life of that bag. Jokingly I can even see 'the mafia' using it to crush someone's hand in the device. Though that makes me wonder if the machine does provide enough force to do that, and what kind of damage it could do... Anyone can know or figure it out?
  - DanBC 9y ago
    The QR codes had unique numbers which were validated over the Internet.
    - daemin 9y ago
      Hand squeeze the juice then use the QR code to squeeze someone's hand...
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THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago
https://www.juicero.com/the-packs/ https://www.juicero.com/the-packs/ Yep. Can get them as a subscription, each one has a QR code so that the juicer knows it is juicing an OEM pack, and is farmer GMO blah blah blah.
- bassman9000 9y ago
  > [...] each one has a QR code so that the juicer knows it is juicing an OEM pack, and is farmer GMO blah blah blah Which has zero value for most people.
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Karunamon 9y ago

Correct. You can't use anything else with it. There's a QR code scanner where the bag sits, meaning the press won't even operate unless there's a bag with a recognized (and validated via internet connection) serial number.

noam87 9y ago
This company has to be a front for something; there has to be more to this story... I refuse to believe this is real. $120 million raised!
- CamperBob2 9y ago
  Only thing I can think of is that they've been granted some extremely broad patents on the general idea of IoT-based food processing.
- netsharc 9y ago
  Some kid came up with an idea, his bro econ student joined in and drafted a sales pitch, the investment glut means there's too many people with too much money just sitting around in their bank accounts and they thought they could invest in this, because it "surely" will make money since it has analytics (big data) and IoT, and there you have it.
  - ennuihenry 9y ago
    It wasn't a kid though. The guy had some pedigree because he opened a chain of juice bars back in the early 2000s. He's also been in contact with Jony Ive and Bill Gates, so I'm sure his connections helped him.
daemin 9y ago
How easy would it be to just cut out the top of the bag with the QR code and stick it there? Then the machine would squeeze anything inside it within the limited shelf life of that bag. Jokingly I can even see 'the mafia' using it to crush someone's hand in the device. Though that makes me wonder if the machine does provide enough force to do that, and what kind of damage it could do... Anyone can know or figure it out?
- DanBC 9y ago
  The QR codes had unique numbers which were validated over the Internet.
  - daemin 9y ago
    Hand squeeze the juice then use the QR code to squeeze someone's hand...

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THE_PUN_STOPS 9y ago

https://www.juicero.com/the-packs/ https://www.juicero.com/the-packs/ Yep. Can get them as a subscription, each one has a QR code so that the juicer knows it is juicing an OEM pack, and is farmer GMO blah blah blah.

bassman9000 9y ago
> [...] each one has a QR code so that the juicer knows it is juicing an OEM pack, and is farmer GMO blah blah blah Which has zero value for most people.

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