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Dyson has announced an upcoming release in its consumer haircare line, joining the illustrious likes of the Supersonic, the Corrale, the Airstrait and the Airwrap. Meet the Supersonic Nural, named after the sensors that help to deliver its heat protection. What is the Dyson Supersonic Nural? The Supersonic Nural follows on from the original Supersonic hair dryer, launched in 2016, and the Supersonic r, a redesign aimed at hair professionals, which was announced earlier this year. The big change from the…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is dramatically lit for a “glamour shot,” captured before its January 12, 2024, rollout at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale where the airplane was constructed. Credit: Lockheed Martin / Michael JacksonGround tests for NASA’s X-59 aircraft show promising advancements in recording quiet sonic booms, setting the stage for quieter supersonic travel.NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is unique – it’s designed to fly faster than the speed of sound, but without…

Metamaterials with specific microstructures outperform solid materials in resisting supersonic impacts, offering potential for advanced protective solutions. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comHigh-speed experiments can help identify lightweight, protective “metamaterials” for spacecraft, vehicles, helmets, or other objects.An intricate, honeycomb-like structure of struts and beams could withstand a supersonic impact better than a solid slab of the same material. What’s more, the specific structure matters, with…

Dyson's signature Supersonic hair dryer hasn't changed much since its launch back in 2016, so the brand caught us by surprise when it unveiled a brand new model with a completely different look at New York Fashion Week earlier today. The "Supersonic r" is a tube-shaped hair dryer that dwarfs its predecessor, and it's lighter as well, weighing just 325g (around 11.5 ounces) — almost half that of the original Supersonic, which my hairstylist friend said was too heavy for all-day use.This impressive weight and size reduction…

Dyson has unveiled a new hair dryer, the Supersonic r. To the uninitiated, it may look like a bit of pipe rendered in a familiar Dyson colourway but it is, in fact, a cutting-edge styling tool aimed at the professional market. It’ll retail at $569.99 in the US but, as yet, there’s no word on international pricing. It’s seemingly called the r because of its r-shaped form, and the Supersonic because that’s the name of the original: the much-copied, mallet-shaped hair dryer Dyson launched in 2016, to universal…

January 1, 20242min readA newly released image from the James Webb Space Telescope provides a detailed view of a star’s infancyBy Lori Youmshajekian Credit: ESA/Webb/NASA, CSA/Tom Ray (Dublin)Shrouded in a turbulent knot of dust and gas, a fledgling star expels supersonic jets of material that stretch thousands of times the distance from Earth to the sun. This is the dramatic adolescence of HH 211, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera and described in a study recently published in…

Featured in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope is Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet travelling through interstellar space at supersonic speeds. At roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Perseus, the object is one of the youngest and nearest protostellar outflows, making it an ideal target for JWST. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)JWST’s detailed infrared image of HH 211 uncovers the dynamics of a young protostar’s outflows, offering new…

Welcome, folks, to TechCrunch Week in Review (WiR), a digest of the past few days in tech happenings. As I write this, snow’s gracing New York City — an increasingly rare treat thanks to our changing climate. And that feels fitting in light of the Apple Vision Pro’s imminent launch. After all, one of the promises of headsets like the Vision Pro is that they transport the wearer away from the stresses of everyday life to more optimistic realities — at least for a spell. Brian went hands on with…

The term space plane conjures up all sorts of images and NASA, with their new X-59 (even the name sounds mysterious) they have definitely not disappointed.Their new quiet supersonic aircraft has been designed to minimize the sonic boom it creates when it crosses the speed of sound. It will fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound and is set for its maiden flight later this year.The plane is the result of a joint project between NASA and Lockheed Martin and it has a simple yet ambitious aim. The dream is to revolutionize air…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to address one of the primary challenges to supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter. Credit: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency's X-59 quiet supersonic…