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Video: Fire-Resistant Clothing Handles 1100C Flames

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10:00AM March 4, 2011 | Daniel Long

NewScientist are calling it the video that deserves to go viral and we rather agree. The fire resistant suit has been designed for driver Andy Green and his 1600km/hr BloodHound rocket car. And rather than turn to ash, the suit handles the extreme heat and flames with relative ease. More »

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The History Of The World’s Fastest Vehicles In One Image

9:40AM December 28, 2010 | Justin Hyde

Socks, Hawaiian shirts and Chili’s gift cards? If your holiday haul left you wanting, consider this $US76 print from Stefan Marjoram of all top land-speed record holders, a benefit for the Bloodhound SSC project. Inquire here. More »

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Intel Atom Joins The Bloodhound Gang

9:30PM July 20, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

Another piece of the rocket-powered Bloodhound 1609km/h car jigsaw has popped into place, with chip-maker Intel announcing it’ll be providing the car’s brain. But rather than using the company’s top-spec chips, Bloodhound will be powered using cheap Intel Atoms. More »

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This Car Will Run At 1609km/h

2:40AM November 25, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Bloodhound. That’s the name of the car being designed to run at a swooshing 1609km/h, which is way faster than the speed of sound. It’s being built in Bristol. As the video shows, it’ll have more thrust than the Eurofighter combat jet… More »