Dyson Zones

[blessingx]

Who’s taking one for the team? 
https://www.ign.com/videos/these-dyson-zone-noise-canceling-headphones-have-an-air-purifier-ign-now 

 

Is it April 1st somewhere in the world already? 

Edited March 31, 2022 by blessingx

[mwl168]

It certainly got the family look.

Maybe someone at Dyson got creative with spare parts from their vacuum cleaners. 

[Grahame]

Needs Moar RGB 

https://www.razer.com/gear-accessories/razer-zephyr

Or time for a colab?

 

 

[blessingx]

The product has four hours' battery life in low-filtration mode, according to Pocket-lint, or 1.5 hours in high filtration. 
 

[mikeymad]

I don't know, it seems that we are getting pretty close to Bane territory.

[blessingx]

Product page up now. 
https://www.dyson.com/wearables/dyson-zone-air-purifying-headphones/announcement 

 

 

[Craig Sawyers]

Er - where are the batteries to (a) operate the pumps (b) operate the noise cancelling and (c) amplify the audio; which comes from precisely where?

And since a person while walking might breathe in 20-30 liters per minute (100 when exercising), the pumps would have to deliver at least 0.5 liters per second even for someone walking around.

And how often do you have to replace the filters?

Unless it really is a sophisticated just pre April 1st hoax.

[Craig Sawyers]

No - it looks real https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60927032 which includes the answer to some of those questions. This is son-of-Dyson, Jake, who runs his own company bankrolled by his father. He was the guy who introduced an LED adjustable and counterbalanced light that cost £ or $600.

[mikeymad]

18 hours ago, blessingx said:

The product has four hours' battery life in low-filtration mode, according to Pocket-lint, or 1.5 hours in high filtration. 
 

I don't think I need more than 1.5 hours of air a day. 

[blessingx]

I wonder if the earlier prototypes had more time? 

[blessingx]

So there’s competition… 

https://www.techradar.com/news/these-air-purifying-earphones-are-the-most-ces-thing-weve-ever-seen 

[rod]

But do they suck the life out of the music?

[Voltron]

12 minutes ago, rod said:

But do they suck the life out of the music?

Does anyone else think that "rod" is just a Tice alter ego to tell even more awful dad jokes?

[swt61]

Everybody's always jealous of the rod.

[rod]

Tim Vine is my cup of tea so dad jokes rock.

Who is Tice?

[dsavitsk]

[swt61]

3 hours ago, rod said:

Tim Vine is my cup of tea so dad jokes rock.

Who is Tice?

It's more what is the Tice, but regardless that would be me. We may have to have a Dad joke-off.

I did say 'joke' off.

[blessingx]

I've always wondered when a joke becomes a dad joke. I guess when it's apparent. 

[skullguise]

<---- See my avatar for that one Ric.....😝

[swt61]

Ironically I've never been a Dad, though I've been called Daddy many times. 

[blessingx]

Review: Dyson Zone

“You can finally buy this bizarre, head-mounted contraption, but for pity’s sake, don’t.”

https://www.wired.com/review/review-dyson-zone/ 

[Grahame]

 

[justin]

sadly the amount of people who search for these things, compared to every other high-end headphone combined, is huge

had several hundred clicks on google ads before blocking the keywords

[johnwmclean]

40 minutes ago, justin said:

sadly the amount of people who search for these things, compared to every other high-end headphone combined, is huge

had several hundred clicks on google ads before blocking the keywords

If this product was launched 20 years ago I’m going to guess it would have failed, but 2023 has stupidity is on mass.

Edited May 29, 2023 by johnwmclean

[Dusty Chalk]

2 hours ago, johnwmclean said:

If this product was launched 20 years ago I’m going to guess it would have failed, but 2023 has stupidity is on mass.

What do you mean, "if"?