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Fast Company: Dyson re-invents the fan

The Dyson Air Multiplier Doesn't Suck, It Blows

BY Noah Robischon1 hour, 22 minutes ago

Sir James Dyson has made a mint selling the story of his dogged pursuit of the vacuum cleaner that "never loses suction." But Dyson's newest product doesn't suck. It blows.

That's right, Dyson's newest invention is a room fan--a bladeless fan--called the Air Multiplier. And it turns out that the Air Mulitiplier might never have been invented at all, if Dyson's engineers didn't notice something strange was happening during testing of another product, the Airblade hand dryer. More



Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 04:07PM by Registered CommenterJoel | Comments1 Comment

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I have seen the video on the web site Fast company. The video is really amazing. Great job done by him to re invent the fan.
November 2, 2009 | Unregistered Commentersupplements

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