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Alex Knox
DYSON’S DESIGN CHIEF ON THE ZONE WEARABLE PURIFIER AND THE LONG ROAD TO INNOVATION
[ Interview Dan Grabham ]
The Dyson Zone started out because we’ve been developing purifiers, and so we’ve been understanding the problem of air pollution.
The purifier was solving that problem indoors, but then there’s the outdoor problem as well. You can get things you hang around your neck and they blow air up, but they don’t do anything – because by the time it gets to your nose and mouth, it’s so mixed you’re not really breathing any clean air. So you need this bubble right under your nose and mouth – and obviously when you move your head around, the bubble needs to move with it. So logically the thing has to be on your head.