The imitation/knockoff market never ceases to amaze me. This bladeless fan from Abiko is a knockoff version of the Dyson Air Multiplier. But unlike typical cheap imitations, Abiko’s version, at $US223, is almost as expensive as the real thing.
The IFA electronics show is quite useful when it comes to learning about new
If anyone today can be considered an inventor, it’s Sir James Dyson, the man who took the bag out of the vacuum and the blades out of the fan. Here’s the first time we talked to him, last year. [Giz]
Sir James Dyson, the man behind the bagless vacuum and the bladeless fan, designs products that solve problems. We caught up with him and talked about one of the biggest engineering problems the world currently faces: the Gulf oil spill.
Dyson’s air multiplier fans were one of the best looking gadgets to hit shelves last year, but they were let down by one fatal flaw – not everyone needs a desk fan. So it’s great that Dyson have just announced that they’re boosting the range to include a tower fan and a pedestal fan model.
Last year when we showed you the Amatoya, a dual cannon bushfire recon vehicle, we sort of failed to mention that it was designed by an Australian Uni student. Well, last week, Liam Ferguson from Monash University took out the James Dyson student design award for his creation.
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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.
Weighing just 3.5kg, it’s small enough to fit in your hand like a little kitten. It’s about as powerful as other Dysons, so sucking up all those cat hairs shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the City DC26.
In case my passionate summary wasn’t enough, this info-clip will demonstrate how Dyson’s Air Multiplier moves air without blades—except that it fails to mention that there are still blades inside the machine (that factoid kills the magic). [boingboing]
