Mellow’s smartphone controlled kitchen gadget that’s looking to bring sous-vide cooking to homes around the world, has received 160 orders in_the_three days since its crowd funding project launched. Those 160 purchases equate to $64,000 in pre-order sales, and the project has seen more than 16,000 visitors from around the world, Mellow said. Rather than go down the Indiegogo or Kickstarter route, however, Mellow said it decided_to host the project on its own site for greater control and transparency. “It worries us that they have been appropriated by companies who either don’t need the support, set arbitrarily low funding barriers, impossible...

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