TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blowerhub.jhu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blowerhub.jhu.eduTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agohow they did it: they used an electric motor.
minus-squarekerrigan778@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey started with an electric leaf blower as a baseline. Theirs is 40% quieter than the current electric leaf blowers on the market.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agothat’s pretty cool. Unfortunately not very many people seem to use electric leaf blowers here, and even if you were to transmute that addition to an ICE blower it wouldn’t make a difference considering that the engine would still be loud as fuck.
how they did it:
they used an electric motor.
They started with an electric leaf blower as a baseline. Theirs is 40% quieter than the current electric leaf blowers on the market.
that’s pretty cool.
Unfortunately not very many people seem to use electric leaf blowers here, and even if you were to transmute that addition to an ICE blower it wouldn’t make a difference considering that the engine would still be loud as fuck.