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PLuGHiTz Live - Special Events (Video): Go Cordless with the VOLO Go
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For relatively small devices, handheld hairdryers use large amounts of power for anything up to ten minutes at a time. As a result, it's one of the last things you'd think to be successfully battery-powered. Nevertheless, the team at VOLO Beauty (https://volobeauty.com/) have taken on the challenge to develop the world's first cordless hairdryer, the VOLO Go (https://volobeauty.com/products/volo-go). Todd discusses the problem with Ryan and Jonathan.
Their approach for the VOLO Go has been to re-engineer the hair dryer, changing from heating the air to heating the hair via infrared. This reduces the power demand to only 600 W - that's about a third of a traditional hairdryer - without increasing drying time. At this level, battery-power is feasible, and the VOLO Go lasts 14 minutes on a charge. As the average drying time for a woman's hair is 7.5 minutes, this is ample. Extra batteries will be available for extended use.
The VOLO Go will launch in summer 2018 priced at $388, with a Kickstarter campaign in the spring.
Interview by Todd Cochrane (https://twitter.com/GeekNews) of Geek News Central (http://geeknewscentral.com/).
Sponsored by:
Support our coverage by shopping Amazon here (http://plughitzlive.com/amazon).
Declare war on crappy earbuds and treat yourself to a better headphone experience with new Monster headphones (http://www.f5live.tv/monster).
This episode was originally published on Geek News Central (http://geeknewscentral.com).
Participants
* Todd Cochrane (http://www.plughitzlive.com/staff/49-todd-cochrane.html) - Guest
Interview
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Episode Tease
For relatively small devices, handheld hairdryers use large amounts of power for anything up to ten minutes at a time. As a result, it's one of the last things you'd think to be successfully battery-powered. Nevertheless, the team at VOLO Beauty (https://volobeauty.com/) have taken on the challenge to develop the world's first cordless hairdryer, the VOLO Go (https://volobeauty.com/products/volo-go). Todd discusses the problem with Ryan and Jonathan.
Their approach for the VOLO Go has been to re-engineer the hair dryer, changing from heating the air to heating the hair via infrared. This reduces the power demand to only 600 W - that's about a third of a traditional hairdryer - without increasing drying time. At this level, battery-power is feasible, and the VOLO Go lasts 14 minutes on a charge. As the average drying time for a woman's hair is 7.5 minutes, this is ample. Extra batteries will be available for extended use.
The VOLO Go will launch in summer 2018 priced at $388, with a Kickstarter campaign in the spring.
Interview by Todd Cochrane (https://twitter.com/GeekNews) of Geek News Central (http://geeknewscentral.com/).
Sponsored by:
Support our coverage by shopping Amazon here (http://plughitzlive.com/amazon).
Declare war on crappy earbuds and treat yourself to a better headphone experience with new Monster headphones (http://www.f5live.tv/monster).
This episode was originally published on Geek News Central (http://geeknewscentral.com).
Participants
* Todd Cochrane (http://www.plughitzlive.com/staff/49-todd-cochrane.html) - Guest
Interview
Powered by: Tech Podcast Network (http://www.techpodcasts.com/)