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mk  ·  2777 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bolt took apart a Juicero. Now I want one, goddamn it.

    Seems like the whole P = F/A thing is kind of lost on them in the chase for clean design.

https://www.juicero.com/blog/juicero/the-journey-to-juicero/

    The Press itself creates three to four tons of pressure—enough to lift two Teslas—and enough to squeeze out every drop of organic fresh kale, spinach, apples, and other fruits and vegetables into your glass.

Hey, that's two Teslas, buddy. Count em. One Tesla, two Teslas. P=2Teslas

    A simple roller press would do the trick, and could be built for very little money; don't even need hydraulics.

That much is true. I was just thinking that if you didn't want the constraint of needing to start with juicy pulp, you might be able to get somewhere with hydraulics. Also, that stupid pack is going to burst at the seams with Tesla-lifting power unless you are applying pressure everywhere except for the port. The pack should be a cylinder, and the piston should push down.

$120M. Christ.