This very expensive juicer can connect to Wi-Fi but canÂ’t actually juice your produce
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"The founder of Organic Avenue, a now-bankrupt restaurant chain that sold stale wraps and overpriced juices, is launching a $699 Wi-Fi connected juicer that can't actually juice produce you've brought home from the store.
Instead, the company, called Juicero, wants you to buy its prepackaged, pre-chopped produce, have it delivered to your home, and then insert its proprietary produce-packs into the juicer to create juice. This is supposed to be more convenient.
Juicero juice packs cost between $4 and $10, so it's not like you're saving money on your juice habit here. You're also locked in to buying Juicero's packs, and only Juicero's packs because no one else sells these things and it's (theoretically) not possible to make your own. That means you'd better like the juice varieties Juicero is offering, because you can't create a juice blend exactly to your liking, as you might be able to with literally any other juicer.
Somehow, Silicon Valley's two most famous designers were involved, to some degree, in creating this product. Business Insider reports that Jony Ive and Yves BĂ©har were both brought in to help. During its testing, Juicero also consulted with noted health experts Dr. Oz and Gwyneth Paltrow, who are reported to have "been blown away" by its juice."
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Noted health expert Gwyneth Paltrow.
