https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60927032
Putting a fan inside a headphone does on the face of it seem like the daftest idea I have heared in a long time. Even if the noise cancelling gets rid of the whine for the user surely everyone around will hear it? then again Dyson's main product is a fan and they just scale and repackage as a vaccuum, a hairdyer etc.
I don't think I am the target market for this 🙂
Putting a fan inside a headphone does on the face of it seem like the daftest idea I have heared in a long time. Even if the noise cancelling gets rid of the whine for the user surely everyone around will hear it? then again Dyson's main product is a fan and they just scale and repackage as a vaccuum, a hairdyer etc.
I don't think I am the target market for this 🙂
I suspect their popularity will wane quickly if it ever begins.
That said, I am a Dyson fan. I have a vacuum and a heater/fan. Both have great design features and application but I haven't owned them long enough to comment on their durability nor longevity.
That said, I am a Dyson fan. I have a vacuum and a heater/fan. Both have great design features and application but I haven't owned them long enough to comment on their durability nor longevity.
Now just WHAT kind of FEAR-based nonsense/propoganda will they dream up NEXT?
Typical marketing ploy - creating FEAR in the public.
"Oh good lord honey!"....... we'll NEED those things to SURVIVE!"
Non-Brits won't see this; the BBC blocks "foreigners" unless they Register.
The trick for lazy Americans is: click Register. Then it asks if you are over 16. Say "No I'm under 16". It says "Sorry", shows you Danger Mouse (not in my culture), and then lets you see the article anyway.
Where will the air go?
To a purifier, or to the rest of the world?
'We don't expect them to be cheap" - that gives away the game plan.
Over priced idea, not essential.
To a purifier, or to the rest of the world?
'We don't expect them to be cheap" - that gives away the game plan.
Over priced idea, not essential.
I guess my comment would be, in the 60's, 70's and 80's you could actually, you know, talk to people. There was enough of an un-occupied moment among people that you could say "Hi" to someone else. They were bored enough with themselves to respond in kind.
These days it seems every spare moment is either locked up communicating real important stuff (Where are you?!) or taking in endless entertainment.
Put a set of VR shades and phone with that contraption and, well, there's someone I'll never - per chance - meet. They've got themselves all sewn up tight, absorbed in their own "virtual" world. Too bad; it looks like that's how it's going to be, going forward for many people.
Even growing up in the 60's with a aerial fed TV getting 3-4 channels, I find the seductive pull of network based communitainment a hard thing to limit my own access to. To get back to what it's like to just be bored for a couple-few hours, because there's "nothing on" and / or "nobody's around".
These days it seems every spare moment is either locked up communicating real important stuff (Where are you?!) or taking in endless entertainment.
Put a set of VR shades and phone with that contraption and, well, there's someone I'll never - per chance - meet. They've got themselves all sewn up tight, absorbed in their own "virtual" world. Too bad; it looks like that's how it's going to be, going forward for many people.
Even growing up in the 60's with a aerial fed TV getting 3-4 channels, I find the seductive pull of network based communitainment a hard thing to limit my own access to. To get back to what it's like to just be bored for a couple-few hours, because there's "nothing on" and / or "nobody's around".
Also a Dyson fan🙂 About durability I can report that my vacuum was great for almost 15 years. Now that a flex pipe in the foot is ripped, the vacuum continues duty in the workshop (sawdust etc.). Another small battery powered vacuum is still strong after 10 years. Even the battery still holds a decent charge. The air purifier is another story. Still works fine after 5 years. But after only 2 years, the noise level got worse. So I can not operate it overnight anymore. Fresh out of the box that thing was amazingly quiet.
Not a fan as don't like the creaky plastic and was bought up on all metal hoovers that could eat a carpet. But I bought a cordless for my wife after she had a c-section and the henry was too heavy for her to carry up the stairs. It works in it's designed mode as quick enough for a daily run around but not impressed otherwise. Eats a battery every 18 months .
What I don't get is they are proud of the '500 prototypes'. to be that indicates they are rubbish at CAD not that they are great designers.
What I don't get is they are proud of the '500 prototypes'. to be that indicates they are rubbish at CAD not that they are great designers.
Yes, we sure aren't bored now! Back in the mid 90s I walked into a gas station mini-mart. Inside there were half a dozen people fully engaged in conversation. The clerk was on the store phone, one man on walkie-talkie - everyone else on some mobile device, all chatting away with people who weren't even there!
I felt a bit left out - so took out my flip phone and pretended to talk to someone.
I'm more of the type to adhere to traditional ways.
And people I interact with are pretty much the same way.
Like the other day, as I was strolling down the store a few blocks away (it was a nice day) a woman was walking her dog.
As she got close, I said "what a beautiful dog!" and she warmly thanked me.
Ya gotta interact, or else lose your place in humanity.
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