Well, I got in contact with the guys from Chewy, and they seem pretty cool! Here's what they told me about the Chewy:
"The revolutionary Portable Electric Herb Grinder
Everybody knows grinding is messy and cumbersome even at home, but using a grinder out and about is an impossible situation, even with two free hands. Introducing the Chewy, the world's first truly portable grinder. Store Grind and Load your Herb anywhere, without Mess and discreetly, and there's more.. you only need one hand The chewy uses a unique patented internal grinding and loading mechanism, developed by SourcingProductDesign specifically for the Chewy. The patented internal grinding mechanism has been tested with great success on the toughest stickiest herbs available. Over 120 prototypes were built and tested before our engineering team was happy with the grinding results. Great Grinding Made Simple. The Chewy grinder uses a standard 9 volt battery taking only about 10 seconds to grind a bud of herb. The Door is designed to lock open.. freeing your hands to load the herb into chewy. Discreet and Portable The Chewy is compact and light weight. It stores your herb and fits snugly into your pocket. Designed to be quiet and discreet with its low sound level motor. The Chewy is designed to work well for both right and left handed users.
Key features Dimensions - (H) 90mm x (D) 73mm x (W)21mm
it stores.. and grinds all straight into papers or vaporizer.. but is designed for easy clean and the blades are designed to suck the herb into funnel and clean themselves.. but they will need a brush every now and then.. also we tested it on the toughest stickiest herb.. it slices it up.. even the seeds are slices up.. we are very happy with it .. took us 120 different cutting systems prototypes to get it perfect and a years work"
It sounds like quite the exciting product. As an Ascent Owner, packing can be a real pain when you're on the go in NYC, I can totally see myself just busting out my Chewy and discreetly filling my bowl without even needing to stop.
Also, they told me that "oct 9th" it was a typo, November 9th is the actual launch date.