Can I just say what a fan of the XLerator hand dryer I am? I first encountered it in a public restroom in Canterbury, UK where, get this, you would put your hand into this orifice (definitely an act of trust in a public restroom) and the device would automatically dispense the soap into your hands, trigger the water with which to rinse, AND automatically start the XLerator! I felt as though I was witness to the technology of an advanced civilization and, let's face it, the British haven't been revolutionary since...well, they've never really been revolutionary.
So, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the XLerator, it is a hand dryer that literally does to your hands what those astronaut training centrifuges do to astronaut faces...it blows with such force that your skin buckles, making it look like a flag in a gale force wind. I'm sure that if you put your face under it, it would surpass the effectiveness of a chemical peel, stripping off at least 2 layers of dead skin. The beauty of this is, of course, that your hands are dry in seconds.
What they haven't quite worked out is that it blows all the water from your hands onto the floor. So there is usually a puddle within a 3 foot radius of the XLerator and, I don't know about you but, I always find the restroom puddle a bit off-putting.
I have no doubt that in the future, the Japanese will solve this problem.
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