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Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Post by hnick »

Wistar wrote: post #3
annadane wrote: post #2

Oh. That Dyson.

Was not a fan until I bought their V10 vac. It is quite amazing at cleaning, performing much (much) better than any other vac I have ever owned although with the downside of an insufficient battery.

Maybe they've improved but my DC59 seems to have many design flaws.

Hair and dust gets stuck in the weirdest places, requiring a screwdriver to clean properly (or the power just cuts off due to blockages). The connection between the motorised head, tube, and the main body also seems to be insecure. Normal forward and back motion will interrupt the connection and it stops spinning. For such an expensive product, I'm not happy with the replacement parts I've had to buy for that issue.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Post by novok »

hnick wrote: post #11
Wistar wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was not a fan until I bought their V10 vac. It is quite amazing at cleaning, performing much (much) better than any other vac I have ever owned although with the downside of an insufficient battery.

Maybe they've improved but my DC59 seems to have many design flaws. Hair and dust gets stuck in the weirdest places, requiring a screwdriver to clean properly (or the power just cuts off due to blockages). The connection between the motorised head, tube, and the main body also seems to be insecure. Normal forward and back motion will interrupt the connection and it stops spinning. For such an expensive product, I'm n…

I've had a refurb V7 for a couple of years now, and never had any of your problems. Maybe the DC59 suffers from V1 types of problems?

I chose the V7 because it was the cheapest / oldest model with the new ejection mechanism.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Post by arcticbull »

> Some industry insiders have suggested that Dyson's approach to create a new model will take too long.

You don't say. You can't just turn a vacuum cleaner into a ventilator by setting it to Blow instead of Suck. Medical devices take a very long time to develop, certify, build, release and develop training for because they're medical devices. The rule of thumb for consumer-grade hardware is it takes a minimum of one year from ideation to first delivery.

You want new ones fast, you get the manufacturers who make existing ones make more of them. The problem isn't that we're out of ventilator designs, it's that we're out of physical ventilators.

This feels like Elon's child-rescue submarine, and at least as far as COVID-19 it's likely to save exactly the same number of people.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

#15

Post by toomuchtodo »

m3kw9 wrote: post #10
martyvis wrote: post #5

Anyone seen any info on the Dyson AirBlades used for hand-drying in public restrooms? They are very effective at drying , but flick a lot of water up and onto the unit. I guess if everyone has properly washed their hands the WHO way, the rinse water should be safe, but I'm still wondering whether you are risking getting virus from the previous possibly infected person who also doesn't know the words to Happy Birthday…

There was a study saying it blows crap all over you. I close my eyes when ever I use it now to prevent a certain virus from getting into my eyes

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-bacterial-horror-of-...

Although, I imagine the liberal application of far-UVC lighting for free air antiseptic purposes in the loo might mitigate the issue to an extent.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

#16

Post by GeekyBear »

Wistar wrote: post #3
annadane wrote: post #2

Oh. That Dyson.

Was not a fan until I bought their V10 vac. It is quite amazing at cleaning, performing much (much) better than any other vac I have ever owned although with the downside of an insufficient battery.

Their products are also built like a tank.

I've gotten 20 years of use out of their original upright vacuum model so far.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

#17

Post by monocasa »

martyvis wrote: post #5

Anyone seen any info on the Dyson AirBlades used for hand-drying in public restrooms? They are very effective at drying , but flick a lot of water up and onto the unit. I guess if everyone has properly washed their hands the WHO way, the rinse water should be safe, but I'm still wondering whether you are risking getting virus from the previous possibly infected person who also doesn't know the words to Happy Birthday…

Pretty much all hand dryers spread microbes like you wouldn't believe. I've taken to just letting my hands air dry, but I'm in a very dry climate where that happens very quickly.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Post by greesil »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #15
m3kw9 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a study saying it blows crap all over you. I close my eyes when ever I use it now to prevent a certain virus from getting into my eyes

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-bacterial-horror-of-... Although, I imagine the liberal application of far-UVC lighting for free air antiseptic purposes in the loo might mitigate the issue to an extent.

bacteria only, thankfully.

Re: Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for NHS

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Post by ficklepickle »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #15
m3kw9 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a study saying it blows crap all over you. I close my eyes when ever I use it now to prevent a certain virus from getting into my eyes

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-bacterial-horror-of-... Although, I imagine the liberal application of far-UVC lighting for free air antiseptic purposes in the loo might mitigate the issue to an extent.

Only when it is unoccupied I hope!

https://www.self.com/story/people-who-attended-this-sexy-neo...

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