E Cigs made the New York Times technology section!

[badnam]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/technology/11smoke.html?_r=3

 

[Ez Wider~Z]

I read this article breifley, imo (in my opinion) this sounds like a great advertisement idea for Blu not the most ideal idea ever but helping e-smokers find other few to many ppl who use it in the area around you is pretty cool.. Hopefully it helps expand and increase the e-cig market, good stuff..

 

[banjo]

Thanks for the post and the link. It read like an ad for Blu eCigs. I'm just wondering if they (Blu) bought ad space in exchange for editorial content? It is a common practice.

 

[roxics]

Part of me thinks this is cool, but part of me wonders just how useful it really is. For starters I don't carry a PCC. Even if I did, would it vibrating 50 feet near a vapor really give me the ability to find them? Especially if the place is crowded, like a festival or concert.

 

[jlarsen]

Part of me thinks this is cool, but part of me wonders just how useful it really is. For starters I don't carry a PCC. Even if I did, would it vibrating 50 feet near a vapor really give me the ability to find them? Especially if the place is crowded, like a festival or concert.

Maybe. It would let you know to start looking for the LED.

 

[jlarsen]

Thanks for the post and the link. It read like an ad for Blu eCigs. I'm just wondering if the bought ad space in exchange for editorial content?

Can't say for sure, but my guess would be yes.

 

[latterday lenin]

"The reusable packs, which serve as a charger for the cigarettes, can be set to exchange information about their owners, like contact information on social networking sites, that can be downloaded onto personal computers."

Oh, god. We're only moments away from finding out that the Blu has an encrypted file which tracks every place the owner has been.
/skynet

 

[lordpeep]

That's a cool idea for a PCC, there needs to be a thread that keeps track of how many ppl got laid from this new feature haha.

 

[fray]

That's a cool idea for a PCC, there needs to be a thread that keeps track of how many ppl got laid from this new feature haha.

Lol. "hey we both vape crappy e cigs. Your place or mine?"

 

[CBB]

I already have trouble with battery life all I need is a transmitter in my pcc to run it down as well.

 

[roxics]

The least they could do is put the vibrating motor in the e-cig itself. For the ladies. That would see an explosion in big batt mod sales to females. "That's not what you think it is, it's just my e-cig. Well... most of the time that's all it is. "

 

[TNT]

Fortunately, Gizmodo Australia managed to take an idea I think is kind of stupid... and then throw in almost every stupid idea about e-cigs I've ever heard:

‘My E-Cigarette Is Vibrating – There’s A Failed Smoker Nearby’ | Gizmodo Australia

Just noticed the comments... overwhelmingly negative about the Gizmodo article.

 

[son et lumiere]

Read that article few days ago. Also read that Charlie Sheen is now the poster boy for e-cigs.

 

[John Phoenix]

I found this Really Funny!

“You’ll meet more people than ever, just because of the wow factor,” said Jason Healy, the founder of Blu, who did not appear to be making friends as he exhaled the odorless vapor of an e-cigarette at a coffee shop in Midtown Manhattan recently. “It’s like with any new technology.”

I do have a Big problem with these devices.

Will there be an off switch for privacy? What other data will these things transmit? They have the potential for abuse big time. There are RFID chips so tiny now you will never know they are in your product and they can transmit tons of personal data on your locations, shopping habits. Even credit card information can be passed between chip to chip without you knowing it ever. These devices start off innocent looking enough but they can quickly evolve into the stuff of nightmares.

It's Big Brother from the book 1984. I would not trust anything with an RFID chip of any kind.

Here is some more info on these things. spychips.com - how RFID will compromise privacy, security, freedom

 

[son et lumiere]

If you read more on this. They are saying that in the future they will have an app for e cig users that will alert you when a e cig user is around. That sounds more sensable Gives you the option to turn the app on or turn it off.