Dyson Bladeless Fan???

[j.denver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nEY9P665nQ&feature=player_embedded

comments?

revolutionary for small cabinets????

 

[Batboy]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[BlindDate]

That is the coolest fan I've ever seen. It uses a centrifugal blower in the base and forces a knife edge blade of air out of a slot around the ring. The ring acts like an aircraft wing (air foil) and multiplies the air volume.

I can't see any practical advantage. It's just cool to experience.

 

[big ballin 88]

That is the coolest fan I've ever seen. It uses a centrifugal blower in the base and forces a knife edge blade of air out of a slot around the ring. The ring acts like an aircraft wing (air foil) and multiplies the air volume.

I can't see any practical advantage. It's just cool to experience.

It is kinda cool, i dont think it multiplies the airflow as much as hes talking about unless he's talking about multiplying a small amount of air movement. I can't see it doing well once you add ducting since that takes away a big portion of the vacuum effect. It looks kinda big also. You would just never have to worry about plants getting chopped up.

 

[BlindDate]

It pulls 15 times the amount of air that it produces by the airfoil effect. You are right though, it produces zero pressure.

 

[grow nerd]

I've used 'em in a real-world application: contact-less, heat-less hand dryer. Most bad-ass hand-dryer I've ever experienced, basically an air squeegee. You stick your hand in, and slowly pull it out and out comes perfectly dry hands. Much faster than the heated blowers.

 

[grow nerd]

My apologies, it turns out the Airblade (hand dryer I mentioned) and Air Multiplier are two different technologies and products. Similar in how it uses a very thin film of air from a powerful internal fan, but I think the similarities end there.

http://www.dysonairblade.com/homepage.asp

 

[inphu510n]

I'm partial to these.

I worship Dyson. I got to use the Air Blade hand dryer at a fish house on the OR coast a few months ago. Pretty badass although I didn't exactly like having to put my hands between something. Only way to accomplish the effect though.

Bladeless fan... cool and all but impractical and far too expensive to see much household use.


BlindDate, your avatar kills me every time I see it. It hurts.