Creativity: The dyson airblade
Sometimes you encounter something novel, and wonder why nobody thought of it before. Case in point, the dyson airblade, encountered in John Lewis here in Edinburgh. Here it is from the side:
The instruction are simple. Place your (wet) hands in, and draw them out slowly. That’s it. It works too - unbelievably fast.
You can just imagine the engineer that created this. There he was in a loo, trying to dry his hands on those awful wind devices, just before nipping off to have his car washed. Sitting in the car as the dryer blew the water from his slowly moving car, a light went off…
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December 5th, 2007 at 12:05 am
This type of hand dryer is found in public toilets in which my whole aim is to get in and out touching as little as possible (the movement sensors on faucets and flush mechanism suggests that this quirk is not mine alone). The problem with the Dyson airblade is that it is actually quite a challenge to dry your hands not actually touching the sidesof the machine, well for me at 5′7″ it is a problem. And unless you’re a 2D cartoon character, trying to dry your face with an airblade is also impossible. I’m not a fan - bring back the paper towel.
December 5th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Hey gammydodger - interesting observation. I too like not having to touch. I always complain about the doors to public restrooms swinging inwards, towards the restroom - they should swing outwards, away, so I can open them without touching.
That’s why I like the airblade - no touching. I can only imagine the one you found was mounted too high?
June 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
OMG - I first I thought this was a fancy smancy urinal designed by someone like Philippe Starck!