As far as I recall, the first rebuildable atty was invented by a member of a German forum (and ECF) named Raidy (that was his handle here, anyway). His atty was named
genisis (sic). Don't ask me why. Maybe it was a typo?

I remember that he gave his design to the
vaping community but on the condition that it not be used for profit. In other words, he wanted people to make their own atties, but not for sale. He was quite adamant about it. Of course, that was hardly enforceable--his design has been copied, altered, improved and sold commercially.
I remember following a very long thread about genisis here on ECF and feeling that it was really unfair to people who were not modders--how on earth were we supposed to ever get our hands on a rebuildable atomizer if we couldn't make them ourselves and nobody was allowed to sell them?
