Humor Things That Should Not Be - Crowdfunding Edition

[Graham2001]

Three items from the past few years that should not have existed, but received sufficent money to be built via crowdfunding, often with the addition of Bluetooth and internet connectivity

1. Juicero

So what is it? It's a $700 juicer that you buy (yes, seven hundred dollars), and then in the same way you buy different coffee pods for a Keurig, you buy different types of juice packets which range up to $10 each (yes, ten dollars). Hey, pre-cleaning and chopping organic (of course) fruit then putting it in a non-degradable packet is hard work! Pop the juice packet into the juicer, press a button, and a minute later you have a glass of juice. Then you throw away the packet, nothing to clean. But wait, there's more. The packet has a QR code on it (those square, 2D barcodes) and the system reads the QR code to compare with an internet database (it's WiFi connected of course) and see if the packet is in date - if you're in luck the system will press the juice for you just right. If not, or your internet happens to be down, no such luck and the $10 you spent will get you nothing.

https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/how-is-this-thing.html

Teardown by some guy in Canada, the comments are well worth reading...

 

[Andy44]

 

[Artlav]

So, what's wrong with these rich kids having fun with VC's disposable money?

 

[Graham2001]

But wait, there's more...

Moodo

Moodo is an electronic air freshener, programmable with a variety of scents, and you can even create your own scent with it and then share with others. Who wouldn't want to create their own 'Gardens of Isphahan' or 'Cozzzy' scents and share them? It's an amazing package, and only took three years from concept to delivery (well, promised delivery), where you just pop your Keurig style pods in (yay for the consumable business model!), and use the wifi connection to your smartphone app (of course) to dial in the aroma of your dreams from anywhere! Who wouldn't want one?

https://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/how-do-these-keep-becoming-things.html

But this seems to be a trend, take some item add wifi/bluetooth to it and make a killing on crowdfunding.

Even sticks can be bluetooth enabled...

 

[Andy44]

There was a meme going around a while back "everything is better with Bluetooth".

There were Bluetooth rocks, equivalent to the pet rock of 1970s gag gift fame.

 

[Urwumpe]

They should have stopped with the blue bluetooth toothbruth.

 

[Notebook]

Bluetooth, before the Interweb thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth

N.

 

[Graham2001]

Three items...

Someone trying to sell the answer to 'Life, The Universe & Everything'...

The first 3:50 of this is hilarious...

The second is on the problem with 'Feel Good' crowdfunding projects that are based on impossible ideas.

Finally, something lighter to end the post.

 

[Linguofreak]

With the Juicero's "nothing to clean" shtick, if I buy a bottle of juice from the store, I can pour multiple glasses from it, then throw the bottle in the trash *once*. With these stupid juice packets, I have to walk to the trash can for every glass.

 

[Graham2001]

Another complicated solution to a 'First World' problem that needs crowdfunding to come into being...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYoQcamgo-A"]The Roll Reverser [Crowdfunded Corruption] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Andy44]

Well there went 3 minutes of my life I'm not getting back...

 

[Col_Klonk]

That entertainment for you.. One sits there 'jaw-dropped' and 'brain fused'.

How about a solution to the damn new toilet roll that has the end glued so bad you cannot seperate it, or find it.

Just dig your nails in and rip a few layers off :lol::lol:

 

[Graham2001]

A Crowdfunded project to create a social media enabled way to transfer power from one mobile phone to the next, but wait, there's more... it has it's own CRYPTOCURRENCY!!!!

As to why the video is 'redacted', well this thread explains all...

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1099-battbump-dumbest-kickstarter-ever!/

 

[jedidia]

Transfering power over the internet... why hasn't anybody thought of that before? It's so much more convenient than those bulky landlines! :lol:

 

[Graham2001]

A discussion of the saga of the 'self-filling water bottle'

[ame="http://youtu.be/lYFH_bXM5gU"]'Self-Filling Water Bottle'™ Anatomy of a scam-starter FAIL! - YouTube[/ame]

And a blog (Not updated since September 2017.) which covers some of the stranger ideas for crowdfunded projects.

http://kickfailure.com

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[Notebook]

Re the latest Brexit fun, its been done before:

N.

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[Graham2001]

And the ten page long thread mentioned in the video...

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/vion-the-worlds-silliest-multimeter/