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Dyson must have some pretty intense legal representation and protection. I've yet to see cheap knockoffs of most of their products selling for 1/4th the price. I feel like a cheapo version of this should probably run for about $30-40 at Target.

That being said, I wonder how many more products Dyson can come up with that are basically just moving air around?

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A lot. They are the best at what they do. Look at what Apple does with their products. How many different ways they can bundle the same iOS on various devices? iPhone, iPad, iWatch. All essentially the same thing and there is nothing wrong with that.

Dyson's business model is making products with amazing suction or airflow. Whether it be vacuums, hair dryers, air purifiers, fans, etc. Their robotic vacuum hasn't even launched in the US yet. https://www.dyson360eye.com/

The reason you haven't seen cheap knockoffs is probably because they have patented their tech and a cheap knockoff isn't possible.

I'm still waiting for a Dyson Supersonic Backyard Skydiving Simulator.

Why wait? https://www.youtube.com/user/iflytunnelvision (No affiliation, I just know these things exist and this was a quick Google hit.)

I've seen the hand dryers in the wild and they're absolutely awful.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/13/dyson-airblades-s...

so, i saw the article talking about the airblade spreading germs before, but upon re-examination it seems a bit weird. They dipped their hand into water with a harmless virus (as a stand in for a dangerous virus), but isn't the whole point of washing your hands is to wash them with _clean_ water. Water coming out of a faucet is likely chlorinated and free from contamination. Right?

Just seems odd.

FTR, as cool as the airblades are, I have meat hooks for hands and have about .5 cm of clearance on either side when I use one, so I almost always bump into it. I'll use paper towels if I can.

Either way, the Hygiene Hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis) seems very reasonable to me, and while I haven't studied it in depth, ancedotally it seems to ring true.

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