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The founder of Blu Cigs is inventing a type of Blu Cig that will alert you when another smoker’s nearby, and will also hook up with social networks. From <em>Fast Company</em>:

Jason Healy, president of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, and his team have spent about a year developing the “Smart Pack,” a first-of-its-kind e-cig pack which features unique ID technology that detects nearby e-smokers. Before, e-cig packs were meant simply as a portable charging device for the glowing blue-tip devices. Now, when a fellow user is “vaping” (not smoking) within a 50-foot range, the Smart Pack will notify both parties, potentially prompting a social interaction. What’s more, the company has designed the products for seamless integration with social networks like Facebook and Twitter, essentially making the Smart Pack the Foursquare check-in for the nicotine-addicted consumer.

Neat idea. Smokers and vapers are being ostracized everywhere. This will not only help them find like-minded friends, but it could help organize locals into groups that can protest local laws