James Dyson Develops Bladeless Room Fan

British inventor Sir James Dyson, known as the developer of the no bag vacuum cleaner and the air blade hand dryer has a new invention on his hands, a home fan that lacks blades.

The Dyson Air Multiplier is said to use 98% less energy then a standard air conditioner and incorporates the same technology as the Airblade hand-dryer. The Dyson fan looks like a magnifying glass with a ring perched on top of a solid base. The energy efficient brushless motor is housed within the base from where it draws air into the unit. From here, the air makes it’s way up the base until in leaves the fan through gaps within the ring itself. The indoor fan is capable of moving 27 liters of air per second. Read the rest of this entry »