Hasta La Gadget!

While it’s been designed for use in public spaces, I’m pretty sure that I’d like to have a Dyson Airblade Tap at home. This water faucet is combined with a very powerful hand dryer, which will dry your hands in a matter of seconds.

Anyone who’s ever used a Dyson Airblade knows that they dry hands very quickly, but there’s still the problem of all the water from people’s hands puddling on the floor of the bathroom as they walk from the sink to the dryer. So it’s definitely a smart idea to combine a hand dryer with a faucet, letting you dry your hands without dripping water all over the floor.

The Airblade Tap’s fully-integrated 1400W motor is housed under the sink and draws in air through a HEPA filter before blasting it out. It uses photo sensors to detect when your hands are placed beneath the tap or under the drying jets. After washing your hands, it will dry them in just 14 seconds.

The Dyson Airblade Tap will retail for £999.99 (~$1,569 USD). Dyson claims that it can dry the hands of 15 people for the cost of only one paper towel. Now that’s efficient.

[via Uncrate]

When it comes to devices that churn out air, you know for sure that Dyson would be a name that would resonate with many people, and in the world of hand-dryers, their latest release to hit the market would be the Airblade Tap. Basically, the Dyson Airblade Tap intends for you to wash your hands, and instead of walking over to the nearest hand dryer, you dry it right there and then, without ever needing to leave the sink. Sure as heck beats having drops of water fall all over the floor as you make your way to the hand dryer, no?

Apart from that, the Dyson Airblade Tap would also cut down on the use of paper towels, and assuming the building that you are in gains most of its energy from green sources, you’ve got yourself a winner here, and the trees too, will be more than happy to hear about it. In a nutshell, the Dyson Airblade Tap is a faucet that comes with the famous air-jet hand dryer built alongside it. I’m just now waiting for a Dyson hair dryer…

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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. More »

British brand Dyson has sucked in the home and blown in public bathrooms, but now the design darling is teasing a mysterious new trio of products for launch in February. Official info on the new products is in very short supply, but according to a launch invite sent to Australian site Current, they’ll be the culmination of seven years of development on a new digital motor.

The motor is the handiwork of forty engineers, so the invite claims, and runs at sixteen bars of pressure and with six of Dyson’s own Helmholtz silencers. Judging by the exploded diagram it’s a reasonably compact assembly, too, all coming together into a donut of sorts, though it’s tough to judge scale.

Whispers to the Australian site claim the new products will be “primarily commercial” rather than domestic, in their focus, so think more along the lines of Airblade dryers than Dyson’s cyclonic vacuum cleaners. Dyson has already flirted with heating and cooling with its “bladeless” fans, but this new super-quiet motor might find its way into a more serious air conditioner, perhaps, or even a robotic vacuum cleaner.

Dyson’s Australian event is on February 19, though we’re guessing that it has nothing to do with HTC’s presumed M7 launch which is also scheduled for the same day. Still, the thought of a new HTC phone with a weather app that could not only tell your the forecast but forcibly blow the clouds out of the sky does have its appeal.

[via Guardian and via Develop3D]

Dyson teases new product trio with fancy new motor is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Short Version

The DC44 from Dyson is truly an Animal. It’s as good as it gets in the land of vacuum cleaners, with a wireless base, multiple lightweight attachments, and a sleek design. Sure, it’s on the expensive end of the spectrum, but when storing and using your vacuum cleaner is this easy, you realize it’s well worth it.

Plus, it does a damn good job of keeping the house clean.

Long Version

Features:

• Dual-power mode
• Cordless
• 5 lbs
• Motorized cleaner head
• .09 gallon bin capacity
• Includes combination tools, crevice tools in the box

Info:

• MSRP: $399
• Available: Now
• Product Page

The DC44 is…

… the best vacuum I’ve ever used. Setting aside the fact that it’s cordless, light, and sleek, the DC44 actually works better than any other vacuum I’ve come into contact with. My apartment is noticeably cleaner after using it, and the act of vacuuming is noticeably easier when it’s with the Animal. I never once have to go over the same surface twice, and getting the white shag rug or the white upholstered headboard clean with the extra tools is quick and painless.

On top of that, the Animal is cordless, which means no more tripping over or wrangling wires, and it Dyson’s patented mobility technology, relying on a centralized sphere to help maneuver into tough corners and crevices.

It’s incredibly light, and does its job so quickly that it’s tough to get tired before you’re finished. This, of course, depends on the size of your home, but in either case it’s likely an upgrade from almost any other product in the weight department.

One slight downside may be battery power. According to Dyson, the Animal only provides 20 minutes of continuous use in regular mode. I found that to be very modest. I used an initially fully-charged Animal on three separate occasions, all for longer than ten minutes each, and only had to charge it after that third time.

The Animal comes with dual power modes, meaning you can use it for 20 minutes regularly or for “8 minutes on Boost mode.” Boost mode is intended to pull up the really tough stuff, which it does well, but it does drain power much faster. I got about 13 minutes out of Boost mode.

(Editors’ Note: I mixed up products in the video above, and accidentally said the Animal has a six-hour battery life. My mistake. My apologies.)

Buy the DC44 for…

… both the clean freak and the slob. A vacuum isn’t the sexiest gift, but this is just about the sexiest vacuum in the world, and the only I’d deem acceptable as a Christmas gift. However, if you so choose to give the gift of cordless clean, don’t bother worrying about that recipient’s disposition toward a clean home.

My girlfriend requires a spic and span living environment, whereas I’m far more laid back in that department. Of course, she enjoys a quick lap around the apartment with the Animal, cordless and free. But I was surprised to find that I didn’t mind vacuuming at all with the DC44. It’s even quiet enough to leave on the news or the music.

Because…

… some of the best gifts are the things we need, not the toys we want: a coffee maker, a new washing machine, luggage, or a vacuum cleaner. If you’ve seen a loved one struggle with their out-dated vacuum cleaner, the Dyson DC44 is a truly thoughtful gift.

It will pay off in the long-run, when daily cleanings prove to be much more efficient. But it’s also shiny and new, and a fun thing to open up on Christmas morning.