Was just looking at the news and saw that dyson have made a blade less fan looks good if they can shrink the size down for a side mounted one (smallest is 10in currently) could be the next thing in air cooling if one of the fan makers have a go at there own one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChp0Cy33eY&feature=player_embedded
Link? I bet this isn't even bladeless. I'd wager there's a bladed fan inside the vertical tube portion. Here's a really bladeless 'fan'. And it's not ridiculously expensive either.
Here's the link - http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=176333 That ion cooler was seriously... well, cool.