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It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie
- pkulak 17y agoThe author makes a point at the end alluding to a violation of the conservation of energy, By, to be fair, Dyson only says that this fan multiplies to amount of air, not the amount of energy. All fans multiply the air moved (simply by dragging adjacent air along for the ride), so I'm not sure why this claim should be a concern.
- GavinB 17y agoFan death is a widely believed superstition in Korea. The idea is that"an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can cause the death of those inside (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death Something like this could be very successful there, even if there are actually fans in it. Superstition is about appearance and intuition, not reality.
- buugs 17y agoIt is not the fans that cause such a supperstition it is suffocation/hypothermia caused by continuous air flow that the superstitious think is the problem.
- GavinB 17y agoThere are a lot of different reasons for this, including the fan blades chopping the oxygen molecules in half. My cousin had a roommate in South Korea who believed that the fan would create a vortex that sucked the air from the room, creating a fatal vacuum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death#Beliefs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death#Beliefs
- ajju 17y ago"chopping the oxygen molecules in half" The fans in Korea must have really fine blades.
- favouriteduck 17y agoor really big oxygen molecules o_O
- ahoyhere 17y agoFunnily, people in Austria seem to also believe that fans on at night make people sick. Not dangerously sick. They think it will give them colds. I believe it about closed air conditioning systems, but not fans.
- ax0n 17y agoI don't see how it's really hack-a-day material. It's more of a rant, and someone using the wrong site for which to air one's grievances... but it's their site, not mine. And I'm known to rant off-topic a bit in my own little corners of the web, as puny and insignificant as they are. Still, Dyson is a bit of a snake-oil salesman. He makes sleek, designer houseware and peddles it via the outlets frequented by those with disposable income whom are always looking out for sleek, designer houseware. An impeller that leverages the venturi effect does not a visionary make. It just means the new, inefficiently-placed blades are going to be almost impossible to clean off once they become gunked up with allergens. Dyson didn't pioneer vortex separation technology, either. That shit's been around for many decades, and is likely older than I am.
- axod 17y ago>> "Still, Dyson is a bit of a snake-oil salesman. He makes sleek, designer houseware and peddles it via the outlets frequented by those with disposable income whom are always looking out for sleek, designer houseware." That's BS. Having recently bought a new Dyson Vacuum cleaner, I'm still surprised just how well thought out, well put together it is. The attachment that uses the suction to spin round a brush for cleaning stairs/cars is impressive enough - the roller brush spins fast, but it still sucks up everything. Let alone all the other unique features. There simply isn't another manufacturer close (Even though they try to copy every feature). Just because something also looks beautiful, don't assume that's the only reason it's successful. (Also see Apple).
- assemble 17y agoMy Hoover ( http://www.hoover.com/product.aspx?model=U5780900&ds=false# http://www.hoover.com/product.aspx?model=U5780900&ds=fal... ) does all that stuff too. It even has the roller brush for stairs, couches, etc. Even better -- it works! I'm consistently not impressed with Dyson's BS.
- by 17y agoHoover were found guilty of deliberately copying patented Dyson technology http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1368860/Dyson-cleans-up-in-patent-battle-with-rival-Hoover.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1368860/Dyson-cleans-...
- axod 17y agoThis is a bit harsh. Anyone who has a Dyson Vacuum cleaner understands the amazing attention to detail and build quality, efficiency, etc. Even if it's not a miracle fan (who said it was going to be), having a 'dyson' designed fan will be enough to make it a success. They consistently make fantastic products.
- timdorr 17y agoQuality engineering doesn't cover up the fact that it's a dumb idea. The fan didn't need to be reinvented.
- bsaunder 17y agoNor do we need blankets with sleeves, that doesn't mean it's not a good business idea. Technically dumb is not necessarily economically dumb. I also don't agree with your assertion that it's technically dumb.
- _ck_ 17y agoIt's news that marketeers exagerate to the point of lying in commercials? All they had to do was say it doesn't have CONVENTIONAL blades. But then 90% of the low IQ market this is aimed at wouldn't know what they mean, so they just left out "conventional".
- bsaunder 17y agoThe OP comes across being at the 91 percentile and saying... "hey, wait a minute, there must be blades!" He would have benefited by the addition of CONVENTIONAL.
- dlsspy 17y agoSo wait, if I stick my hand in there, it will hurt it?
- favouriteduck 17y agoWell that was a let-down. I didn't know about this gimmicky fan. I thought someone had put fins on a Dyson sphere. That would be way cool.