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Video: Fire-Resistant Clothing Handles 1100C Flames

Gizmodo AU

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.


February 13, 2010
Science

New Nanofibre Tech Could Make Your Clothes Positively Electrifying

Forget grades of wool – the clothing of the future’s going to be measured in millivolts. Researchers at UC-Berkeley have created electricity-generating nanofibres that could someday be woven into your clothing.