A fan without blades? How is that possible we hear you exclaim with enthusiastic curiosity? This is Sir James Dyson’s latest invention, The Air Multiplier, which is a desktop fan without blades.

So what exactly is an “air multiplier”? Well, it’s a fan but it has no fan blades. Yes OK, we got that. But, you’ll still get the same amount of air flow as with a convential blade fan and the flow of air will be constant and smooth.

Apparently Dyson’s engineers spent almost four years building and perfecting Dyson’s Air Multiplier technology. Air is drawn into the base of the machine, forced up into the loop amplifier and accelerated through the 1.3mm aperture, which creates a jet of air.

Is Dyson challenging convention and generating a creative solution to a problem?

FANtastic or just a gimmick? Discuss…

Everything is going digital these days, and here at ShopCompare we love it! The next thing to be digitised? Cookery guides! Belling will soon be launching an interactive digital cookbook. It looks like a stylish 8 inch digital photo frame and is beautifully designed. More importantly however, it is jam packed with cooking ideas for budding chefs of all abilities. The must have kitchen accessory for creating a culinary masterpiece. You can watch and follow recipes from the 8 inch screen as it comes preloaded with 48 cook-a-long demonstration recipes.

Imagine an interactive assistant, working with you in the kitchen who never shouts at you like Gordon Ramsay and does not give you any back chat either! The interactive cookery book comes with a small remote control to play, pause and rewind the demonstrations at your own pace. It’s not just an interactive cook book though, oh no Sireee, this digital cookbook can also be used as a calendar, MP3 music player AND digital photo frame!

The Belling Media Chef will be priced around the £170 mark. Watch this space!