Speed
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A new experimental high-speed train in China has achieved a top speed of 500 km/h (311 mph) in testing.
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A team is attempting to set a new outright world speed sailing record off the coast of Namibia in the aptly named VESTAS Sailrocket 2.
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Toyota Industries Corporation recently set a speed record for compressed air cars, by sending its KU:RIN up to 129.2 km/h (80.3 mph).
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Sikorsky Aircraft’s coaxial X2 Technology demonstrator has set an unofficial speed record for a helicopter by achieving the 250-knot (287.69 mph) milestone that was established as the goal of the craft from its inception.
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A team of students from Ohio State University has set a world record average two-way speed of 307.7mph (495km/h) with its battery electric Venturi Buckeye Bullet 2.5.
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Other World Computing has announced that super fast data transfer rates have been achieved during performance testing using four of its SSDs.
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German tuning company G-Power is claiming to have set a world record speed for a sedan of 372 km/h (231 mph) with its M5 Hurricane RR.
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The BLOODHOUND Project team has unveiled a 1:1 scale replica of the car the team hopes will smash the world land speed record.
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The Bumpfree Dynamic Speed Bump is designed to "remind" speeding drivers to slow down by creating the same feeling one gets when passing over a speedbump without the impact.
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Penn State researchers achieve 1Gbps wireless data transfer using light
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Greg Kolodziejzyk is attempting to pedal a boat from Canada to Hawaii.
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John O'Neil from Synwave gives Gizmag a demonstration of the speed and CPU load advantages of USB 3.0 at CES 2010.
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