from Hacker News

Juicero is still the greatest example of Silicon Valley stupidity

by coatmatter on 9/3/18, 10:15 AM with 2 comments

  • by montenegrohugo on 9/3/18, 10:39 AM

    It's hard to balance innovation and useless over-engineering. Of course I'd like to wake up and have a freshly presses glass of juice ready to be drunk. But the technology isn't there yet (or it is but it would be way too impractical). Juicero is a middle-ground solution that doesn't really solve anything. It is easy to mock them for their failure, but if we never try to innovate we will never reach the point where I can wake up and (like in Wallace and Gromit) have my freshly pressed juice fruit ready.
  • by tiredwired on 9/3/18, 4:27 PM

    The company that was trying to make the smart cup that told you what you just put in your cup seemed pointless.