Maybe moving $US300 fans is harder than Dyson expected, or perhaps Dyson’s engineers are just flat out of things to do. Either way, this Rube Goldberg-ian balloon course, made from God knows how many Air Multiplier bladeless fans, is mesmerising.
Dyson’s official explanation:
Dyson engineers were asked to show how inducement and entrainment of air works on the Air Multiplier fan. If you watch closely, the balloon is sucked from behind and to the side of the fan this is inducement and entrainment at work.
Lots of experimentation with different sized balloons and other objects produced this video. And although edited to include our successful attempts, the video is made from completely genuine footage (and no, the balloon isnt attached to anything).
And so we’ve found a lasting use for the Air Multiplier: as an interactive exhibit in a science museum. Throw in a smoke machine next time. [Techland]
Benjibuls
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 9:32 AMI was thinking more like scaling it up and using it as a form of transport :-P
Geoff @ Beer Cartel
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:14 AMSimply awesome! I would like to see it in an outdoor setting – maybe they could put the fans around a racetrack and see how long it takes a balloon to get round the course!
Paul
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:39 PMSBC? Small Balloon Collider
happydude
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:44 PMi wanted one before but now i want one more than ever! haha fun
Dee Myers
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 2:46 PMWOW, that Dyson dude is awesome.I want the fan.I agree with guy above,line them up,Make a wormhole and away we go!