Dyson: James Dyson

How I Built This · 12 Feb 2018 · 42m

What this episode covers

James Dyson, founder of Dyson, explains how he spent five years and built 5,127 prototypes in his backyard shed to perfect a bagless vacuum cleaner using cyclone technology, after being rejected by major brands like Hoover and Electrolux. He details his journey from designing the Ball Barrow and a high-speed landing craft to securing a £600,000 bank loan to launch Dyson, eventually becoming the UK's best-selling vacuum brand. The episode also covers the origin of Impact Scientific, where chemist Theresa Stotesbury developed a synthetic fake blood product for police training based on her research into steel corrosion coatings.

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Companies: Dyson, Hoover, Electrolux, Impact Scientific
Products: Ball Barrow
Also: Theresa Stotesbury

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