Word: dyson
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...James Dyson--inventor, self-promoter and Britain's most famous vacuum salesman--constantly seeks minor irritations. If the batteries in your hand vacuum go dead just when you need it, you plug it in to recharge and grab a broom, right? Not Dyson. If pet hair clogs the vac and ruins its suction, you open it and clear it out. Dyson embarks on a research project. To him, these issues aren't minor, and they're not irritations. They're business opportunities...
Before he started selling vacuums on TV, Dyson made a name for himself as an innovative industrial designer, finding novel ways to improve on everyday objects from wheelbarrows to washing machines. Having made his mark in upright vacuums, he has now turned his attention to two more gadgets that require moving air at high speed: the handheld rechargeable vacuum and the rest-room hand dryer...
Upon reading the paper, Professor Emeritus of the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute of Advanced Study Freeman J. Dyson, one of the inventors of QED, sent Gabrielse a letter of congratulations...
...could argue Google is wrong in protecting child pornographers, but maybe they are not being driven by the fear of bad PR, but rather by what they think is right," said Esther Dyson, the former chairperson of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers who now writes a blog on developing technologies. "The next time the Brazilian authorities say we want e-mail addresses for some reason other than child porn, Google will have a much stronger position, because they have established, both here and in the U.S., that they do not blindly accede to government requests...
...VACUUMS It's a ball, it's a chair, it's Airpouf ! This home appliance doubles as a piece of furniture, with holes for a draft tube, start button and air vent. On its DC15 Animal vacuum with the Ball, Dyson swapped rear wheels for a motorized ball to keep the center of gravity near the floor and suck up pet hair with a twist of the wrist?no more push and pull. Finally, German manufacturer Sebo's Felix Fun in retro orange and purple was designed flat to the floor for maneuverability...