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Dyson’s New Airblade Tap Dries Your Hands At The Sink
OK, please, give this a chance before you close the tab — a hand dryer can be cool. The Dyson Airblade — that little wonderbox you stick your mitts inside to get a super-fast bathroom dry — just got a super upgrade.
Dyson Has Patented A Tap That Also Dries Your Hands
Public and workplace restrooms often have far fewer hand dryers than they have sinks to wash hands in, leaving people queuing for a dryer with dripping hands. OK, perhaps it’s not one of the world’s biggest problems. But it is annoying enough to be addressed by vacuum cleaner and Airblade hand dryer maker Dyson of Malmesbury, UK, in a US patent filing: it has invented a water tap that can also dry your hands.
How Can These Crumpled Taps Possibly Work?
They certainly catch your eye, but Italian designer Lorenzo Damiani’s unique folded taps will also have you wondering how they let more than just a trickle of water pass through. Wormholes? Good old-fashioned wizardry?
Let Elecom’s Faucet Stands Be The Closest Thing To Water Your iPad Ever Touches
The Fundamental Problem With Shower Taps
Obviously, there are better ways to design a shower knob than this (i.e. MAKE IT DIGITAL). But still, those of us who practice good hygiene and don’t blow our noses in $US100 bills can relate to the daily struggle of trying to find the perfect water temperature in the shower. [Reddit via Geekosystem]
The Tap Gets Smart
Alex Shane lives on a sailboat. One night he noticed his tap running. No big deal for landlubbers. But boaters have to pump in every gallon of fresh H20 themselves, so wasting water is unacceptable.
Turn Your Tap Into A Colourful Schoolyard Bubbler
How many times have you woken up in the middle of the night, your throat parched and your bladder full, as you stumble into the bathroom to relieve both discomforts? And when you go to drink from the tap, the water is so cold on your hands that you wake up completely, only to spend the rest of the night awake, longing for the sweet embrace of sleep to claim you? Just me? Well, at least I’ll appreciate the simple function of the Dreamfarm Tapi, which converts almost any tap into a bubbler.
