[HN Gopher] A partially-automated medium-throughput homemade cid...
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       A partially-automated medium-throughput homemade cider press with
       lasers
        
       Author : biotinker
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-10-07 21:56 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | schoen wrote:
       | I was hoping from the title that the lasers would somehow
       | directly contribute to the extraction of the cider, but it turns
       | out that they're just used as optical sensors. :-)
       | 
       | That doesn't take anything away from this awesome project,
       | though.
        
         | biotinker wrote:
         | Hopefully by next year I'll have implemented the pulsed
         | electrical field generator I mention at the end, and then I'll
         | very much have solid-state electronics directly contributing to
         | cider extraction.
        
       | wrycoder wrote:
       | _Apparently, subjecting pomace to a high voltage pulsed
       | electrical field (30kV, 40us and 1kHz duration and frequency)
       | will crack open intact cell walls and improve yields (archive)
       | for both the tannin compounds in the juice, and also juice
       | quantity in general. If anyone has ideas on how to home-build
       | such a system, please reach out._
       | 
       | I think I'll stick to the old-fashioned way....
        
         | Arrath wrote:
         | I must say I do enjoy the mental image of a mad scientist
         | throwing a big old blade switch and browning out the
         | neighborhood to....make cider.
        
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