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Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind

Posted by timothy on from the duh-it's-pushed-by-the-google dept.

sterlingda writes "A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling downwind 2.85 times faster than the 13.5 mph wind. The definitive research by Rick Cavallaro of FasterThanTheWind.org is being funded by Google and Joby Energy. The run should now settle the DWFTTW (downwind faster than the wind) debate that has been raging for some time on the Internet about whether or not such a feat was possible."

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  1. Re:What debate ? by Jedi+Alec · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you'd read some of the provided links, you'd have seen that the requirement was for the vehicle to be powered solely by wind, so no gravity involved except in its usual role of keeping the wheels on the ground ;-)

    In other news, scientists actually getting their hands dirty turn out to know more about their chosen field than a bunch of people on the interwebz.

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  2. Re:Debate? by prionic6 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_faster_than_the_wind

  3. Re:Debate? by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I hate spelling nazis, but since you are suggesting a search, the correct spelling is Ascher H. Shapiro. I only found this out as I was trying to take your advice and search for him.

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