We tend to avoid the hand dryers in bathrooms, because they take a long time to get your hands dry and often don’t do the job. We, obviously, if you read our previous posts, are in favor of environmental responsibility. But an inefficient product does not encourage our usage.

As The Sun Online reports, Billionaire inventor James Dyson, well known for his commercials for his Dyson vacuum, has promised his new restroom hand dryer will end the need to wipe your hands on your clothes. Instead of using hot air, as the current dryers do, his pumps room-temperature air through a tiny slot at four hundred miles per hour. It apparently dries both hands in ten seconds, after which it sterilizes the waste water.

Dyson claims it not only dries better, but uses 83% less energy. It is being launched in London today after trials and will officially launch in the UK next month.