Dyson blade  

Dyson blade
All technical info aside which was very interesting the only reason I like them is a pure fun factor which for an item that is there for pure utility reasons makes it a good design in my mind.

One aspect that we did not discuss...
The University of Westminster London did a study on the hygiene aspects of hot air, Dyson Blade and paper towels. These are the results:
After washing and drying hands
A- With warm air: The number of bacteria increased by 194% on the finders and by 254% on the palms of the hands.
B- With the Dyso Blade: The number of bacteria on the inside of the fingers by 42% and on the palms by 15%.
C- With a paper towel, the total number of bacteria was reduced on average on the inside of the fingers by up to 76% and on the palms by up to 77%.
They also looked at the spreading of the bacteria by the machine and found that:
The Dyson blade was capable of blowing micro-organisms from the hands and the unit and potentially contaminating other washroom users and the washroom environment up to 2 metres (7 ft) away.
The warm air hand dryer only spread micro-organisms up to 25 centimetres (10 in) and finally the paper towels showed no significant spread of micro-organisms.
As Novalis wrote so nicely: Wir suchen überall das Unbedingte, und finden immer nur Dinge.

Has the Dyson "air multiplier" hit the stores yet?
While I love the way my vintage electric fans look, The Dyson Air Multiplier intrigues me. Has anyone tried one out yet?
I'm chronically fearful that my cat will get a paw or tail chopped off because of my dangerous (but stylish!) old fans, the Dyson would solve this problem handily.

Hi!
I would love to see your cat jump through this brand new Dyson one and accelerate through FREEDONIA...no harm intended, just the visual image.

I believe
If one jumps *through* the "air multiplier", one actually travels back in time.....

Don't think this didn't occur to me.
The Air Multiplier seems like the greatest cat toy ever, very Siegfried & Roy. I'd never consider a $300 fan for myself, but for my cat's safety and amusement... maybe.

I don't like it...
The space to put your hands looks quite narrow. Perhaps I'm the only germaphobe here (although I have suspicion Koen feels me on this), but if a portion of my hand were to even brush part of that inner area, I would have to start all over and re-wash my hands... too many people handle their junk and then do just a cursory rinse without soap...

Well it looks like fellatio...
Well it looks like fellatio is out for you then doesn't it?
I'm sorry, I am joking but I think people get a bit excited about germs.

I was in a bar last night...
(on one of my rare trips away from the computer)
the bar has the Dyson Blade in the toilets.
I mentioned this discussion to an architect friend, who told me the idea was already around before Dyson's 'invention' and he had seen it in Japan.
Here it is :
http://www.mitsubishijettowel.com/overview/

the blade is a gimmick
I used the Dyson blade a few weeks ago, and thought it was complete crap.
It didn't dry my hands any faster than other high velocity hand dryers that have been around for about a decade. In fact, I had to make several passes to get my hands dry. The angle of entry doesn't account for varying heights of human beings. It's about twice the size of a normal dryer. And for God's sake, Jim... dump the yellow plastic once and for all. Memphis is dead.

Size matters
I hadnt considered the vertically challenged, perhaps a stool or box should be designed by Dyson to combat this obvious design flaw.