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Such a cool idea, and attractive images. However I’m kind of disappointed they mostly picked things that are fairly simple, transparent or openable, and look ex

Such a cool idea, and attractive images. However I’m kind of disappointed they mostly picked things that are fairly simple, transparent or openable, and look exactly the way you’d expect them to inside. I assume some combination of cost & size drove this. A vintage espresso machine with 1 group head would be more novel, for example.

jacobwilliamroy 3y ago
You just reminded me there's a video on youtube of a guy literally tearing a Juicero apart and it's hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ
- switchbak 3y ago
  Probably one of AvE's best videos. I was just chatting about the peak Silicon Valley insanity that was Juicero yesterday. That thing was built like a Bugatti. And he's like "why not use a roller instead of a press??".
  - mtreis86 3y ago
    It really is, he is equally impressed and disgusted with this one, a rare combination. Most impressively built stuff isn't so wasteful. And most useless junk isn't nearly so well made.
  - etrautmann 3y ago
    Even when first announced, it became a meme among friends Juicero (and Ubeam) were peak Silicon Valley.
  - jacobwilliamroy 3y ago
    I think they were trying to turn food into a subscription service? Having complete control over a person's food supply sounds like an 8 million dollar idea. It still sounds like a really bad idea, but I think that is how Juicero was pitched to investors, rather than a spaceship that squeezes bags marginally worse than a person can.
  - junon 3y ago
    I love AvE and somehow understand exactly what he's saying whilst simultaneously having no idea what he's saying half the time. Does anyone know if this is some regional slang? Or is AvE just very unique in how he speaks?
    - callalex 3y ago
      It is very Canadian and is full to the brim with references to the Red Green Show, including his sign-off telling you to “keep your stick on the ice”.
      - junon 3y ago
        Aha! Thank you :)
    - switchbak 3y ago
      He's mostly putting it on, with the "vidjaeos, J-A-Pan" and such. He does combine a bunch of Quebecois and Western rural slang in a very impressive way though!
- somewhat_drunk 3y ago
  Thank you for posting this. I've seen it a few times already, but I'm watching it again, and it's cracking me up, yet again.
- aidenn0 3y ago
  The auto-generated captions have a scunthorpe problem; censoring a British & Australian term for a cigarette that has a more offensive meaning in the US.
- Loughla 3y ago
  Holy shit that's amazingly funny. My personal highlight as he's pushing the button wildly, "oh for fuck's sake. The mash harder button. Es funktioniert nicht" Also subtly hilarious that the machine more and more covered in root juice as he goes. God that's good.
lostlogin 3y ago
E-61! Second choice, Atomic stovetop espresso machine. With clinical equipment you can image all sorts of things beautifully, but a hunk of brass won’t generate any useful images.
amatecha 3y ago
There are scans of other, more-complex objects on the site, such as the Nintendo Game Boy series: https://www.scanofthemonth.com/scans/game-boy-compendium https://www.scanofthemonth.com/scans/game-boy-compendium
OJFord 3y ago
And even that you essentially disassemble them and see how they work through using them. I suppose a lot of people only know or use one or two ways and may be completely unfamiliar with others though.
joezydeco 3y ago
I actually enjoyed this one more, since it was used to point out measured tolerances and problems with manufacturing (voids, bubbles, untrimmed flash, shavings, etc).
kens 3y ago
Lumafield scanned a 1960s flip flop module for me, to help reverse engineer some vintage NASA hardware. The module contained a bunch of resistors, transistors, capacitors, and diodes, encased in a 13-pin plastic package. These modules had various functions and were used like integrated circuits, but made from discrete components in the pre-IC time. With the Lumafield scans, I could reverse-engineer the circuitry. My writeup: https://www.righto.com/2022/08/lumafield-flip-flop.html https://www.righto.com/2022/08/lumafield-flip-flop.html
- minikomi 3y ago
  What an amazing project and thanks for sharing so much about the process!
jbrnh 3y ago
Yea, can we get one of a CT scanner?

jacobwilliamroy 3y ago

You just reminded me there's a video on youtube of a guy literally tearing a Juicero apart and it's hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp-BGQfpHQ

switchbak 3y ago
Probably one of AvE's best videos. I was just chatting about the peak Silicon Valley insanity that was Juicero yesterday. That thing was built like a Bugatti. And he's like "why not use a roller instead of a press??".
- mtreis86 3y ago
  It really is, he is equally impressed and disgusted with this one, a rare combination. Most impressively built stuff isn't so wasteful. And most useless junk isn't nearly so well made.
- etrautmann 3y ago
  Even when first announced, it became a meme among friends Juicero (and Ubeam) were peak Silicon Valley.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y ago
  I think they were trying to turn food into a subscription service? Having complete control over a person's food supply sounds like an 8 million dollar idea. It still sounds like a really bad idea, but I think that is how Juicero was pitched to investors, rather than a spaceship that squeezes bags marginally worse than a person can.
- junon 3y ago
  I love AvE and somehow understand exactly what he's saying whilst simultaneously having no idea what he's saying half the time. Does anyone know if this is some regional slang? Or is AvE just very unique in how he speaks?
  - callalex 3y ago
    It is very Canadian and is full to the brim with references to the Red Green Show, including his sign-off telling you to “keep your stick on the ice”.
    - junon 3y ago
      Aha! Thank you :)
  - switchbak 3y ago
    He's mostly putting it on, with the "vidjaeos, J-A-Pan" and such. He does combine a bunch of Quebecois and Western rural slang in a very impressive way though!
somewhat_drunk 3y ago
Thank you for posting this. I've seen it a few times already, but I'm watching it again, and it's cracking me up, yet again.
aidenn0 3y ago
The auto-generated captions have a scunthorpe problem; censoring a British & Australian term for a cigarette that has a more offensive meaning in the US.
Loughla 3y ago
Holy shit that's amazingly funny. My personal highlight as he's pushing the button wildly, "oh for fuck's sake. The mash harder button. Es funktioniert nicht" Also subtly hilarious that the machine more and more covered in root juice as he goes. God that's good.

lostlogin 3y ago

E-61! Second choice, Atomic stovetop espresso machine. With clinical equipment you can image all sorts of things beautifully, but a hunk of brass won’t generate any useful images.

amatecha 3y ago

There are scans of other, more-complex objects on the site, such as the Nintendo Game Boy series: https://www.scanofthemonth.com/scans/game-boy-compendium https://www.scanofthemonth.com/scans/game-boy-compendium

OJFord 3y ago

And even that you essentially disassemble them and see how they work through using them. I suppose a lot of people only know or use one or two ways and may be completely unfamiliar with others though.

joezydeco 3y ago

I actually enjoyed this one more, since it was used to point out measured tolerances and problems with manufacturing (voids, bubbles, untrimmed flash, shavings, etc).

kens 3y ago

Lumafield scanned a 1960s flip flop module for me, to help reverse engineer some vintage NASA hardware. The module contained a bunch of resistors, transistors, capacitors, and diodes, encased in a 13-pin plastic package. These modules had various functions and were used like integrated circuits, but made from discrete components in the pre-IC time. With the Lumafield scans, I could reverse-engineer the circuitry. My writeup: https://www.righto.com/2022/08/lumafield-flip-flop.html https://www.righto.com/2022/08/lumafield-flip-flop.html

minikomi 3y ago
What an amazing project and thanks for sharing so much about the process!

jbrnh 3y ago

Yea, can we get one of a CT scanner?