Apple just unveiled their new iPhone X to the wide-eyed drooling masses, and while it doesn’t (ever) seem like that much of a departure from last year’s model, the device does tend to influence design throughout a wide variety of product categories. The tiny supercomputer has not only changed the way we consume information and communicate on a daily basis but also the way other companies shape their visions — even in the marijuana industry.
Take vaporizers, for example. Gone are the days when you need a bulky box on your tabletop with long, sketchy, clear plastic tubing protruding out of it to enjoy your smoke-free flower. Today’s carcinogen-cutting cannabis accessories look more and more like something you’d see in “Men In Black” or on Batman’s utility belt — full of innovation, crafted with other-worldly engineering and stunning aesthetics.
I received a Hydrology9 vaporizer and immediately had trouble getting the handleless cardboard box containing the unit to slide open — much like an iPhone box. Fortunately, that’s where my frustrations ended with the Hydrology9, as the space-age-looking device blew my expectations out of the water (which is…