New land speed record

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Edited Date/Time 1/23/2012 11:52am
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/09/0418256/Aussie-Team-Smashes-Lan…

Technology: Aussie Team Smashes Land Speed Record For Solar-Powered Cars

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 09, @02:05AM
from the with-authority dept.

snowdon writes "A record which has stood since 1987, set by General Motors, has been broken (YouTube video) by a university team. The land speed record for a solar powered car was 78km/h, and now stands at 88km/h despite the cloudy conditions... If only Doc Brown had used the metric system!"


http://www.sunswift.com/

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1/10/2011 12:43pm
Wow, that was exciting! Amazing how the pilot was calm enough to scratch his forehead during that record run.

Unfortunately, now I'm ruined. I'll probably be spending the next few hours trying to get my visual adrenaline fix searching for real-time videos of grass growing or paint drying.

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