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Ruth Hamilton

'It drags air in from the rest of the room': Dyson engineer explains what makes its bladeless fans so powerful

The Dyson Cool CF1 is facing slightly to the right on a table top in front of a leafy green plant and a pink wall. The remote control is on the table to the right of the fan.

Dyson was the brand that first introduced bladeless fans to the world. As one of TechRadar's Homes editors, I regularly find myself writing about the best fans on the market, but I'll be honest – I've never quite understood how these machines actually work. Where is that blast of air coming from?

On a recent visit to Dyson's campus in Malmesbury in the west of England, I got the chance to pick the brains of Sophie Harold, an acoustics and vibration engineer at Dyson. Here's what I learned…

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