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James Dyson Drops the Crap Out of His Own Vacuum Repeatedly

Besides getting the entire video history of Dyson Vacuums as narrated by the world's most boring voice, Crunchgear also get James Dyson to simulate what it would be like to drop the crap out of his own vacuum. The actual "drop test" machine was broken. See how confident Dyson is in his engineering that he's willing to do this on camera. Can we get Bill Gates doing this to an Xbox 360 on video? Or Jobs to a MacBook Pro? [Crunchgear]

5:00 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Jason Chen
3,923 views, 37 comments

Latest by MePerson: So when he starts making cars, we'll be able to drop our cars, too? more »

automotive

Dyson Pursuing Electric Cars UPDATED

Vacuums, done. Hand driers, done. Now James Dyson is turning his attentions elsewhere. He thinks that he can build a better engine for electric cars. And his plan seems reasonable enough... More »

11:20 AM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Mark Wilson
12,065 views, 60 comments

dyson vacuums

A Video History of Dyson Upright Vacuums

Crunchgear went on a trip to Dyson's headquarters in Malmesbury, England and caught this video of an incredibly soporific employee narrating the entire history of their upright vacs. If you can listen to five minutes of this guy, you'll get a very cool journey through the adventure of cleaning up crap from your carpets. Super neat for fans of Dyson to see how they refined yours from the first few models. [Crunchgear]

1:15 PM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Jason Chen
2,913 views, 40 comments

justice

Xbox-Selling Mom Gets Rewarded with Free Vacuum for Solid Parenting

Remember the badass mom who put her son's Xbox 360 up on eBay after he broke the vacuum to get out of playing chores and was busted surfing for porn on the web? Well, it looks like being a tough parent pays: Dyson is sending her a $500 DC25 vacuum cleaner free of charge. So remember this lesson, kids: if you're going to be a little brat, make sure your mom is creative and you get punished in a way that garners publicity. That way, she'll profit and you can claim that was your plan from the beginning. The system works!

5:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Adam Frucci
25,011 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: The real story: The EBAY auction was to sell the xbox and take the funds to buy a new vaccum. I recvd a brand new one from a sales rep with Ketchum--Alan. He overnighted it to me and I got it more »

dyson awards

Dyson 2008 Award Winner Rake n Take: For Picking Up Leaves or Dirty Laundry

You'd expect first place in the 2008 Dyson awards to go something totally insane, like a vacuum that cleans your carpet and your colon simultaneously. But it actually went to this deceptively simple gadget designed by Ryan Jansen, the Rake n Take, which takes a lot of the suck out of raking leaves. Pulling up on the handle clamps whatever you're raking, so you you don't have to stoop and scoop. It would also be great for clearing your disgusting roommate's biohazardous socks out of your living room. Check it out in action after the jump. More »

7:14 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By matt buchanan
7,116 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: This is not even new. I used to use something that worked exactly like it when helping my Grampa out in the garden in the early eighties. He bought it at a travelling novelty show back in Germany. more »

clips

George Dyson On the Orion Project: A Nuclear, Saturn-Bound, Hotel-Sized Spaceship That Should Have Happened


The George Dyson video from 2002's TED just went live, describing the Orion Project, a deeply classified space vessel from the Atomic Age. It was nuclear powered. The size of a Marriott hotel and 400 tons. George Dyson's father worked on it, starting in General Atomic in 1957. Did I mention that scientists from the hydrogen bomb worked on this thing? Why? Because the nukes weren't used as fuel like they are at Homer Simpson's workplace. They were hoping to smash the atoms and direct the explosions for 20 megatons of lift! More »

10:53 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Brian Lam
10,885 views, 37 comments

Latest by NeonCat: I would also recommend Poul Anderson's Orion Shall Rise about a post-nuclear Pacific NW project that arouses strong opposition from the Europeans, Chinese and Polynesians. more »

concept

Dyson Concept Updates the Clothesline: It's Raining Pants

The new "air-line" concept from student designer Daniel Fitzgerald and Dyson offers an eco-friendly and space-saving solution to drying your clothes thanks to a design that functions using the movement of air along with solar heat. In other words, it is a solar-powered clothesline. The one big technological development comes in the form of intelligent sensors that precisely dry your clothes and stop the flow of naturally heated air when the moisture content in the clothes reaches zero. So, theoretically, your clothes should stay nicer longer. UPDATE: Dyson is not officially involved with this concept, they merely affiliate with the group who holds the Australian Design Awards. More »

6:50 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,292 views, 17 comments

Latest by Razta: Is it just me? I have no idea where your clothes go? Inside that thingmabob? more »

big ball, more suck

Dyson DC24 Vac: Sir James Brings His Ball Back

The DC24 Dyson vac being introduced today is the first since the large DC15 to roll around the floor on a big orange ball instead of wheels, making it super maneuverable. It's a little vac with a typically high price tag ($400 for DC24; $470 for its larger sibling, the DC25). In many ways it's just another vacuum cleaner, but in its design, it does mark the return of James Dyson's ball. More »

8:00 AM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,657 views, 34 comments

eco

Bel-Air Filtration System Uses Plants to Purify Our Environs

With more than a nod to NASA and James Dyson, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur's Bel-Air purifying system uses plants to keep the atmosphere inside your house clean from nasty pollutants. The pint-sized air-filtration system acts as a miniature greenhouse, stripping the benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene from inside your home using three natural filters. More »

5:43 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By AddyDugdale
8,735 views, 19 comments

ultimate hand-dryer battlemodo

Watch The Thrilling Conclusion of the Dyson/Mitsubishi Hand-Dryer Battlemodo

It was a hard-fought battle between two worthy adversaries, but in the end, there could be only one. Was it the ninja's pick, the Mitsubishi Jet Towel? Or was it the choice of soccer hooligans everywhere, Dyson's upstart Airblade? Watch as NYC intern Benny and I let a group of people with wet hands pick the dryer that blows the most. –Video by Richard Blakeley

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1:37 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By Wilson Rothman
32,621 views, 66 comments

ultimate hand-dryer battlemodo

Mitsubishi Jet Towel vs. Dyson Airblade Pre-Game Trash Talk and Tale of the Tape

If you are wondering why we're engaged in a totally ridiculous Ultimate Hand-Dryer Battlemodo, it's because you asked for it. When we aired our interview with Dyson and the Airblade, some of you guys pounced on Dyson, "embarrased for having claimed to have invented the horizontal hand dryer only to discover the Japanese have had it for years," and so on. But last week, when we announced the Battlemodo, some Giz readers raised the Union Jack and sided with Sir James, due to your love of Dyson vacs. There's a lot of heat here, and yeah, we're fanning the flames with pre-game stats and the obligatory trash talk. More »

Feature

12:30 PM on Wed Sep 12 2007
By Wilson Rothman
8,347 views, 44 comments

Latest by ninjatales: Mitsu wins this hands down. BTW Rothman. I wonder if Dyson's using empirical miles instead of the regular miles we use for calculating speed which is why they got 200MPH for the JetTowel instead of 180. more »

ultimate hand-dryer battlemodo

Are You Ready for a Dyson Airblade/Mitsubishi Jet Towel Battlemodo?

Whether you like it or not, this thing is about to get switched ON: More »

Feature

2:30 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Wilson Rothman
10,707 views, 41 comments

roundup

The Week That Wasn't, or How To Bury Your News

Dear Giz readers: As you may know, last week wasn't normal. We were a little bit preoccupied with the launch of a certain Apple product, and judging from the traffic, you were too. It didn't mean we threw all the other news out the window. But it does mean a lot of it got swept under the rug. More »

12:30 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,668 views, 17 comments

battlemodo

Dyson Says Airblade Would Beat Mitsubishi Jet Towel in Battlemodo


We have it on tape. Today, James Dyson (whose friends call him Sir) told us that Airblade would stomp the crap out of Mitsubishi's Jet Towel in a hand-drying face-off. Those are our words; you'll have to watch the video to see how the charming and diplomatic Englishman puts it. But while you watch, make sure you pay attention to the fire in his eyes. – Video by Richard Blakeley More »

4:20 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Wilson Rothman
7,834 views, 9 comments

from suck to blow

James Dyson Shows Giz His Airblade


Today, we caught up with revolutionary vacuum inventor and impresario James Dyson in a makeshift restroom at the AMC Theaters on 42nd St in New York. Dressed like an off-duty samurai, the smiley and recently knighted Sir James gave us a personal demo of his new hand-drying mechanism, the Airblade. Yes, you've seen it before—now it's coming to America. – Video by Richard Blakeley

1:50 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Wilson Rothman
20,386 views, 36 comments

gadgets

Dyson Secretly Creating Robot Vacuum

iRobot's Roomba is about to get a little competition from the folks at Dyson. Rumor has it that Dyson is recruiting roboticists who can help create a robotic vacuum with autopilot and mapping capabilities, the latter feature being something the Roomba lacks (it relies on bump sensors for direction). More »

1:14 PM on Fri Mar 30 2007
By Louis Ramirez
846 views, 9 comments

gadgets

Exclusive Dyson Slim Photos: Meet the Barracuda of Cyclone Vacs

Here's the latest, sleekest Dyson ever, which landed in Giz HQ ("The Dump of Cardboard Boxes and Gadgets") early this morning. The coolest thing, aside from thes new form factor and all that clear/neon plastic detailing all Dysons have, is the flexible foot ball wheel, not found before in a slim vac, and a extension hose that pulls up and out from the standup's handle. More »

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8:24 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Brian Lam
16,122 views, 43 comments

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Dyson Root 6 Handheld Super Sucker Hands-On

John Biggs is a dirty, dirty man. So dirty, in fact, that Dyson felt that he needed a Dyson Root 6, the only handheld vacuum that doesn't lose suction. So what does dirty Biggs think? More »

9:30 PM on Fri Oct 13 2006
By Jason Chen
241 views, 8 comments

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