[HN] An ultra-quiet electric leaf blower, powered by aerospace tech

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Whisper Aero emerged from stealth a little over two years ago with a straightforward (if ambitious) plan: to radically reduce noise emissions from next-gen aircraft with a never-been-done-before electric thruster.

The company says that a Whisper Drive-enabled leaf blower can be up to forty times quieter at fifty feet than its competitors, effectively turning a neighborhood nuisance into a barely perceptible hush.

Whisper engineers started playing around with the concept for a quiet leaf blower after the company had already developed and flown an early-generation 10-pound thruster for a demonstrator drone.

“The leaf blower was a way to tackle that in a product aligned way, where we can perform these experiments, come up with something that we knew the public wanted, but then also solve [the question of] how are we going to make these thrusters cheap enough for commercial drones.

More and more communities have enacted usage restrictions on leaf blowers due to the noise, which is bad news for lawncare workers, especially those that live in hot areas and may not be able to start work during the coolest parts of the day.

A quieter, more efficient and affordable electric leaf blower may even be the final nudge in turning the lawncare industry – which has historically relied on gas-powered machinery – greener.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Whisper Aero emerged from stealth a little over two years ago with a straightforward (if ambitious) plan: to radically reduce noise emissions from next-gen aircraft with a never-been-done-before electric thruster.
The company says that a Whisper Drive-enabled leaf blower can be up to forty times quieter at fifty feet than its competitors, effectively turning a neighborhood nuisance into a barely perceptible hush.
Whisper engineers started playing around with the concept for a quiet leaf blower after the company had already developed and flown an early-generation 10-pound thruster for a demonstrator drone.
“The leaf blower was a way to tackle that in a product aligned way, where we can perform these experiments, come up with something that we knew the public wanted, but then also solve [the question of] how are we going to make these thrusters cheap enough for commercial drones.
More and more communities have enacted usage restrictions on leaf blowers due to the noise, which is bad news for lawncare workers, especially those that live in hot areas and may not be able to start work during the coolest parts of the day.
A quieter, more efficient and affordable electric leaf blower may even be the final nudge in turning the lawncare industry – which has historically relied on gas-powered machinery – greener.
The original article contains 937 words, the summary contains 215 words. Saved 77%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!