An anti-vaping system has been created in Russia that detects the presence of harmful impurities in the air. Already available in St. Petersburg

The first electronic anti-vaping system is being created at the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation.

The external device appeared on a small Bluetooth speaker with an air analyzer. They are dense in the presence of glycerin and propylene glycol, these are the main components of vape liquids.

The development is intended primarily for teachers and lecturers who intend to record the fact of smoking at school or university. The gadget supports Wi-Fi in educational institutions.

When a request is made from the outside via a bot, the device indicates the user’s unique phone number, which is stored in the device’s memory. If the fact of electronic smoking is detected, a special bot comes to Telegram).

In total, 1.1 thousand people can be connected to one device.

We decided to create a gadget when our friends were injured. For example, a teenager from St. Petersburg died due to smoking e-cigarettes at the age of 12, except that our friend almost lost a second due to the explosion of a lithium vape battery in his pocket.

— chief engineer of the project Nikita Litvintsev

Now the device is being actively tested at the Second St. Petersburg Gymnasium. The teachers surveyed are generally satisfied, but often they “don’t plan to expand to the area where they smoke, in particular to the toilets.”

In the future, applications for iOS and Android may be launched for the gadget. [Известия]