iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari on the hidden design of modern electronics, CES-week manufacturing headlines, and a Reconstruction of Juicero, the $700 connected juicer that defined over-engineering.

iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari joins us to talk about the hidden engineering behind modern electronics. What do glue, modularity, and repairability reveal about design and manufacturing? Plus: CES-week stories on cooling, satellites, and packaging, and a Reconstruction of Juicero, the over-engineered $700 juicer that became Silicon Valley’s favorite cautionary tale.

Links from the discussion:

iFixit: RedMagic 11 Pro Teardown: The Phone With a Tiny Pump Inside : ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHcglQFr-Ss⁠

The Verge – Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy : ⁠https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/844966/heavy-ai-data-center-buildout⁠

The Verge – Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week : ⁠https://www.theverge.com/news/844502/starlink-and-chinese-satellites-nearly-collided-last-week⁠

FT – The surprising survival of fashion catalogues : ⁠https://www.ft.com/content/ca0a447d-f8d5-4b6d-9143-a659be311a92⁠

TechCrunch – How Luminar’s doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy : ⁠https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/how-luminars-doomed-volvo-deal-helped-drag-the-company-into-bankruptcy/⁠

Packaging Dive – Cold-chain packaging companies adapt as dry ice supply falters : ⁠https://www.packagingdive.com/news/cold-chain-packaging-adapt-dry-ice-supply-co2/807720/⁠

Juicero on Bloomberg : ⁠https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-19/silicon-valley-s-400-juicer-may-be-feeling-the-squeeze⁠

Juicero Teardown on Bolt : ⁠https://blog.bolt.io/juicero/