[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The article doesn't mention sonic booms.

You're thinking of this technology in the wrong way.

Sonic booms are generated by aircraft moving faster than the speed of sound. If an aircraft is made of this new theoretic material, it would still be moving faster than the speed of sound and would still generate a 'sonic boom'.

However, any item made of this material that is in the path of the sound waves produced, would not disrupt the waves at all.
This is why the most exciting application would be in submarine stealth technology. No disruption of sonar (sound) waves, no way to detect the presence of the sub that is outfitted with this new material. Think of the possibilities.

[decimon]

"Such an acoustic veil would do for sound what the "invisibility cloak" previously demonstrated by the research team does for microwaves--allowing sound waves to travel seamlessly around it and emerge on the other side without distortion (http://www.pratt.duke.edu/news/?id=792)."

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"Cummer wasn't convinced. "In my mind, waves are waves," he said. "It was hard for me to imagine that something you could do with electromagnetic waves would be completely undoable for sound waves.""

Oil is oil.

I have no idea if this could apply to sonic booms. Just thought I'd raise the question.

[Captain Beyond]

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