It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie

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'There's a sucker born every minute" -P.T. Barnum This morning we've been having a heated discussion at the Hack a Day offices (read: legion of doom) over Dyson's new offering, a "bladeless fan". At first this seemed extremely exciting, but how is the air being moved? We were hoping for a device operating via ionic wind but that's simply not the case. Some of us think the bladeless claim is an … [Read more...]