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tbf peak engineering usually survives without too much needed design changes. For instance, pencils and paper have looked the same for quite a while now. And the Dyson hand dryer's engineering is even peakier than those. It's so refined that I think it's reasonable that it'd keep the same form through the year 2255.
edit: I didn't think I needed this because I was comparing the invention of the Dyson hand dryer to the invention of the pencil... but uhhhhh... /s
I thought most hand dryers were bacteria traps? Unless they've made some changes since.
I didn't say what it was engineered for
There is just a little transporter there, storing all pathogens in the pattern buffer. Patent goes to a Mister Oberin or something.
Oh, they are. It'd be cleaner to lick the general toilet seat than to lick your finger after using one of these. I don't use them at all.
Your hands are supposed to be clean from washing with soap and water. The dryer is just there to make your hands dry because moving around with wet hands isn't very comfortable.
But they rapidly suck air in from the surrounding area which means if someone flushes the poo partials are in the air and being blown on your hands.
Gonna let you know that paper towel dispensers aren't air tight, so they are every bit as contaminated as everything else in the bathroom
Paper towels aren’t very good at sucking. If they were, they’d run out faster on the gent’s than Musk buys a social media company.
And then you have to touch the doorknob/push plate/etc. to leave.
Just wear gloves ffs
...why?
licks fingers clean
New hygiene unlocked. Gonna stop wasting money on soap.
Yes, that's the idea. And it works. But you're hands are no longer clean. Quick search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hands+dryer+bacteria+&t=fpas&ia=web har an impact on me, and i don't use them at all.
It's possible that the Dyson driers do a miny Baryon sweep of your hands....except it doesn't ablate your hands off.
Watch out for "Tuvok"
Hu-vok tried to laser-torch Picard. He will not be missed.
Disclaimer: "Minor ablation may occur."
This needs to be a Lower Decks episode.
Mariner: Why don't you use the Dyson dryer?
Boimler: Because they don't really get your hands dry. I end up using a paper towel anyway. Besides, I don't want to accidentally slice my hands off.
Mariner: Quit being a baby. I just finished tuning it. Give it a try.
Boimler: sigh fine. The Dyson dryer cuts his hands clean off.
Beat
They both start screaming
These dryers are no where near peak design. They are disgusting bacteria traps. If your conducting scientific experiments then maybe.
Same reason Star Trek should refrain from mentioning still-living people.
They've already changed the design of these dryers so that the water from your hands is sprayed on the floor instead of collecting at the bottom of the dryer.
They already replaced that design tho. You haven't seen the new ones?