Re:Juul Is Moving Base From San Francisco to Washington, D.C.
by WJW on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:58AM
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How much technology is there in e-cigarettes anyway? It's basically a small electric heater and a battery.
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Re:Juul Is Moving Base From San Francisco to Washington, D.C.
by leetcrew on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:03AM
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juul pods are more sophisticated than you might think. the circuitry monitors the resistance change of the heating coil to estimate its temperature and adjusts the power to hit a target. this stops the wick from burning if it's dry (very unpleasant for the user) and delivers a consistent experience mostly independent of airflow over the coil. it takes a lot of engineering effort to make that work in such a small form factor and cheap enough to be disposable.