Dyson Mystery Machine Revealed and it Blows

By Ethan Lee on October 12, 2009

Engineering innovator, Dyson, maker of the bagless vacuum and other stuff that looks cool but is impracticably priced has unveiled its new mystery product.

We earlier speculated that it was a Doomsday Machine, but to our disappointment, Dyson just reinvented the fan. Yep, a fan. Those caged propellers that spin around and blow air.

Dyson engineers managed to reinvent this household product by removing the propeller. So it is a fan that does the job of a regular fan, but without the blades to tempt small fingers.

Dyson fans and fan fans across the world are bound to be disappointed.

The household fan didn't need reinventing. First, kids and some bored adults, enjoy sticking fingers, pencils, Legos and food into spinning fan blades. Second, kids and some bored adults just love to drone closely into the blades and repeat the phrase, "Luke, I am your father."

Dyson's decision to remove the blade from the fan was shortsighted and unnecessary.

The British company could have easily created a new hovercraft or a new version of Chinese finger cuffs. Instead, they decided to remove the fun from fan and sell the joyless contraption for $300.