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Dyson Launches New 'Supersonic' Hair Dryer To Revolutionize Hair Care (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Dyson has a launched a hair dryer with a design language similar to that of its bladeless fans. The $399 hair dryer is four years in the making, involving 103 engineers, over 1,000 miles of test hair, and a $71 million investment -- the Dyson Supersonic is being touted as "the hairdryer rethought" by its inventor Sir James Dyson. "We realized that hair dryers can cause extreme heat damage to hair," said Dyson in a press release. "So I challenged Dyson engineers to really understand the science of hair and develop our version of a hair dryer, which we think solves these problems." The hair dryer can be reserved online and will be sold exclusively at Sephora for $399 this fall.
People with short hair (i.e. most guys) tend to discount the utility of a hair dryer, but if you or your significant other has long hair, you know it's not really optional. Long hair takes an annoyingly long time to dry on its own, even after using a towel. That being said, the $15 model seemed to work just fine for its intended purpose.
Also, what is this "sun" you speak of? I live in Seattle, you insensitive clod.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
I have short hair but use my hair dryer to dry my body after a shower. Towels are damp, obviously.