The LeWhif Coffee Inhaler - look out, kids!
Thanks to Jacques for sending this in.I remember when Jolt Cola first came out. The concern was that we were going to end up with younger and younger caffeine addicts. Sure, coffee doesn't have a minimum drinking age but it's simply not as accessible to children as soda. When caffeine equivalent to a cup of coffee was put into a soda on store shelves, the schools would be filled with tazmanian devils.Then came Red Bull, just as accessible as Jolt but slightly more dangerous because the period of consumption is shorter. Now you get all the same effect compressed into a smaller drink. Heck, it's not even carbonated so it doesn't take as long as Jolt to drink. To be sure these "energy drinks" are more about the affect than flavor, where is Jolt? I know it's still around (barely), but Red Bull and the knock-offs all but kicked it the back of the shelf.And now, David Edwards, professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard University (yeah, I checked, he's still there - I was expecting "former professor") has designed a product called LeWhif. Originally designed so people could inhale the flavor of chocolate without the calories, its second generation version promises the "kick of coffee without the cup".How does it work? Users place one end of the stick, which is about the size of a lipstick tube, to their lips then inhale gently. "Whiffers" intake about 100 milligrams of caffeine which is equivalent to a small cup of espresso and less than a single calorie per Whif.Remember where you were when I predicted this will be a huge problem in the public school system!