Does it ever strike anyone how "low-tech" our devices are when compared to our other electronic devices (like cell phones)? It's 2016, yet in e-cigarette-land sometimes it feels like we've just gotten out of the stone age.
Then I think, "well how high tech does electrical engineering need to be for vaping purposes?"
I guess since smokers-turned-vapors are such a minority market and there are no ginormous corporations involved in the industry (e.g., General Electric, etc.) there's not enough money to be made - oh and of course, due to regulatory issues?
Just a weird sensation I get sometimes.
Well, what we need to do -- vaporize a liquid containing nicotine -- is fairly low-tech; we do have electronic power sources that run on batteries, and those are slowly growing in complexity, but the more complex a machine is, the more likely it is to break, to cost a lot to fix, or just to buy it in the first place -- think about what a pain all that electronic crap in cars nowadays is; we had to get our thermostat replaced in our truck last year, which cost $230 -- back when cars were low-tech, down here in the south, we'd just pull the stupid thermostat out! Some folks won't use electronic mods for just that reason -- they use mechs just because of their simplicity and low-tech ease of maintenance.
Our turntable no longer works, but back when it did, it was our go-to entertainment when there was a big electrical storm going on and I'd turn off my computer and make the kid turn off the TV. My dad's TV blew up once, when lightening struck his antenna! There's a great deal to be said for low-tech, and I wish more of it was still around.
Andria