After being bruised and battered for years by the "unpleasant buffeting" of air movement produced by mortal fans purchased at Walmart for $10, finally Dyson has produced a solution for this torture...and starting only at a mere $300.
I'm going to go buy one right now!
or if you had $300 to spend, get 30 $10 walmart fans... Then you will get some air flow...
so, I can't yell into this one and have my voice sound funny? What a crock!
In reply to DukeOfUndersteer:
What? Can you imagine the BUFFETING from all those old technology fans? You'd be lucky to survive the assault! They're BARBARIC!!!!
I dunno, at the local BB&B they seemed to have pretty puny power, which led my money elsewhere. Now the Dyson hand dryers I've been encountering in restrooms those are cool. I will concede the buffeting, especially if it's hitting your eardrum, not pleasant.
carzan wrote: In reply to DukeOfUndersteer: What? Can you imagine the BUFFETING from all those old technology fans? You'd be lucky to survive the assault! They're BARBARIC!!!!
haha, i know, it would be AWESOME!! WHAT? I CANT HEAR YOU... WHAT?
Or 3 window AC's
In reply to carzan:
I thought you were talking about the sports car race team. 
I've noticed this disturbing trend where stupid berkeleying Americans will believe anything a dude with a british accent says...cuz...you know..."day sound smarter'n me." Unnecessary, excessive gesticulation doesn't hurt either. Seriously. Look at this ass hat.
The last two pictures looks like he's imitating Tom Cruise's proctologist.
Answer to a question nobody asked.
poopshovel wrote: I've noticed this disturbing trend where stupid berkeleying Americans will believe anything a dude with a british accent says...cuz...you know..."day sound smarter'n me." Unnecessary, excessive gesticulation doesn't hurt either. Seriously. Look at this ass hat.
DINGDINGDINGDING!!!!!! We have a winner!!!
Any idea how (or if) this thing works?
Oh it's supposed to work by ionic thrust, but that would require expensive (and dangerous) high-voltage equipment, so instead a fan is cleverly hidden in the base.
http://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/it-has-blades-dysons-little-white-lie/
Cripes. I was expecting to see this:
GameboyRMH wrote: Oh it's supposed to work by ionic thrust, but that would require expensive (and dangerous) high-voltage equipment, so instead a fan is cleverly hidden in the base. http://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/it-has-blades-dysons-little-white-lie/
It's not a fan, it's a TURBINE!! They're not blades, they're VANES!! 
LOL...isn't marketing great.
I will it looks cool but not $290 more. Maybe $2 more.
Marketing is marketing. Always has been, always will be. Call him names if you wish, but he's richer than any of us.
Speaking as a someone who uses 3D CAD to design stuff that gets made by the gazillions - the Dyson vacuums really piss me off. There's a school of design I refer to as "Existing only as a result of being easy to do in SolidWorks" of which the Dyson vacs are the best example ever.
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motomoron wrote: Speaking as a someone who uses 3D CAD to design stuff that gets made by the gazillions - the Dyson vacuums really piss me off. There's a school of design I refer to as "Existing only as a result of being easy to do in SolidWorks" of which the Dyson vacs are the best example ever. Hyperlinked supporting images:
Hahaha, that's like how one of my friends who's doing 3D animation was struggling with a project to make an RX8. I told him I would have chosen an AE86 or a Mercedes panel van
nutherjrfan wrote: Now the Dyson hand dryers I've been encountering in restrooms those are cool.
These were "invented" as a side discovery when creating those hand driers. None of the parts that actually move teh air are in a location where you could get hurt accidntally, or are hard to clean (nothing worse than a room fan with filthy, dusty blades because people can't be bothered to take the grillework off and clean the blades.
Not worth the $300, but still cool stuff.
Chris_V wrote:nutherjrfan wrote: Now the Dyson hand dryers I've been encountering in restrooms those are cool.These were "invented" as a side discovery when creating those hand driers. None of the parts that actually move teh air are in a location where you could get hurt accidntally, or are hard to clean (nothing worse than a room fan with filthy, dusty blades because people can't be bothered to take the grillework off and clean the blades. Not worth the $300, but still cool stuff.
Not so sure about how it was invented. Apparently, there was a patent filed 30ish years ago by a Japanese company for a strikingly similar device. Telegraph UK Link
Say what you will that fan is damn near silent.
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