Posted by Jason B. on Jan 7th 2021
AI Powered Vape Possible in the Future
JUUL Labs applies for a patent on a vape device powered by AI technology in what can be though of as a publicity stunt.
New AI-Powered Device Will Learn How You Vape
Posted by Jason B, 11th June 2020
JUUL Applies for a Patent
JUUL Labs recently applied for a patent on an powerful AI-Driven device designed to gradually lower the users nicotine intake through machine learning. This would be possible by the device having a constant connection with your smartphone, kind of like an apple-watch, and monitors how much the user intakes nicotine and adjusts the nicotine level accordingly. Alternating between nicotine juice and a product not containing nicotine, like citric acid, if done right would effectively lower nicotine usage with the end-goal of quitting vaping altogether.
The co-fonder of JUUL labs James Monsees, who is also the chief product officer, stated two years ago in 2018 that his company was working on a new device which would connect to a smartphone and would authenticate users before allowing them to use the device. Ensuring the user is of age. The idea was to make the user feel like they were requesting a puff on their vape, rather than puffing on it through habit.
JUUL's Attempt to Curb Negative Image
To this day, JUUL labs is under-fire by a large amount of people. If you go on a Facebook users feed you are almost guaranteed to see an anti-vaping ad centered around "health issues caused by JUUL". Frustrated parents and "health foundations" have constantly criticized JUUL claiming they are the reason why there is a recent spike in teen vaping.
The vape manufacturer based in San Fransisco has been rigorously attempting all that they can to gain trust of the public. The age-locking tech JUUL introduced recently was created to flatten-the-curve perse, by making it so the device can only be used after the consumer processes their government issued ID into a database to confirm their age.
There will be a machine learning algorithm . . . so that you don't really have to think about it you request it.
- James Monsees
JUUL Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
JUUL Advancing Vape Technology
Technology advancements are what got us to quit smoking cigarettes. If this patent is made with care and good intentions, it could lead to people who need or want to quit nicotine altogether in the right direction. This sounds like a difficult but feasible task to do, do you think JUUL can pull it off and gain the trust of the global populous? As long as their ties stay severed with big tobacco companies like their previous investor Altria, there is a definite possibility.