Dyson's Latest: A Fan with No Blades

Business Week ^ | October 13, 2009, 10:24AM EST | Martin Hickman

[BornToBeAmerican]

Dyson's Latest: A Fan with No Blades British inventor James Dyson—creator of the bagless vacuum and air blade hand dryer—has devised a cooling fan that uses 98% less power than air conditioning

For once James Dyson has invented something without cutting-edge technology – a fan without blades. With an eye on the lucrative US market for air conditioning, the creator of the bagless vacuum cleaner is launching his bladeless fan on both sides of the Atlantic today.

Instead of pushing coolness around a room, the loop of the Dyson Air Multiplier "accelerates and amplifies" air, expelling 405 litres a second.

[BornToBeAmerican]

Sounds Interesting, but not sure how it is going to handle high humidity

[ClearCase_guy]

If you constructed a series of these rings, all surrounding a single point, would you have a Dyson Sphere?

[mom4melody]

I have a Dyson vacuum - the yellow one. Hands down the best vacuum I have ever owned.

[Nervous Tick]

>> the loop of the Dyson Air Multiplier “accelerates and amplifies” air, expelling 405 litres a second

[yawn] Big deal.

I have a *colon* that does that.

[Malsua]

A pdf linked in the article can be found here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00250/Dyson_Air_Multiplie_250177a.pdf

It explains how it works in pictures.

[Red Badger]

You're gonna love my ................air.............

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

"We would argue that a fan that delivers air that you don't mind sitting in front of is much more ecological, healthier and more pleasant than the chest-chilling chill of air conditioning.

I don't think so.

[brownsfan]

Box fan - $25
Dyson air multiplier - $300

I’ll go for the box fan.

[reagan_fanatic]

Dyson's Latest: A Fan with No Blades British inventor James Dyson—creator of the bagless vacuum and air blade hand dryer—has devised a cooling fan that uses 98% less power than air conditioning

Well, duh. No compressor with freon to cool the air. Still, in a hot room, aren't you still just pushing warm air around like you would with an ordinary $13 box fan?

[Nervous Tick]

>> chest-chilling chill of air conditioning

They should shop around for a new copywriter.

[loungitude]

Nothing new here except the packaging. And, yes, there are blades.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Still, in a hot room, aren’t you still just pushing warm air around like you would with an ordinary $13 box fan?

Not only that, but an A/C takes out humidity, whereas the Dyson thingie just takes out a second mortgage on your house.

[Nervous Tick]

>> And, yes, there are blades.

Uh UH! They’re called “whirling inducement airfoils”.

[Clock King]

It still has an impeller. Can someone explain?

[OneWingedShark]

Indeed, it does sound interesting.

[Alex Murphy]

Big deal. I have a *colon* that does that.

The difference is that some people are willing to pay $300 to let the Dyson expel air in their face.

[Nervous Tick]

>> The difference is that some people are willing to pay $300 to let the Dyson expel air in their face.

Yeah, I see your point. I have to tie my victims to a post, and they darn sure don’t pay for it.

[steve8714]

It is in effect a centrifugal blower with an odd-shaped discharge.

[listenhillary]

You might be able to run a generator off of that...

[sauropod]

Ping!