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Posted by Barbara Kiviat Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 11:06 am
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James Dyson, the man who brought us the vacuum cleaner of the future, has a new device: the bladeless fan. It's already getting rave reviews, despite its $300+ price tag. No one sent me one (I guess because all the freebies now go to people who only blog), so I can't tell you how the thing blows, but I can at least offer up some videos. James Dyson showing off his company's creation:

I also highly recommend going to the Dyson site, scrolling down and clicking on the "See the reactions" video. It's quite funny.

Barbara!

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    this looks to me like a perfect example of economic inefficiency in action. Dyson's new fan may or may not be an improvement over "blade" technology, but at eight to ten times the cost of a traditional fan, it makes no sense whatsoever.
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    Its a shame that Dyson doesn't apply his "genius" to finding ways to make technology more affordable, rather than just more fashionable.

    plukasiak
    October 16, 2009
    at 9:17 am

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