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Motorcyclists keep their cool

22 September 2005

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Spain’s Sete Gibernau, centre (15) heading for a win during the Qatar Moto Grand Prix, Saturday 2 October 2004. Gibernau is using the special Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) cooling jacket, which was developed using advanced cooling technologies from astronauts’ space suits.

Credits: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue

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Moto Grand Prix rider Sete Gibernau, with the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) produced by Spidi, which uses innovative space technology from astronauts' suits.

Credits: Spidi - Grado Zero Espace

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Spain’s Sete Gibernau (centre) wins the Qatar Moto Grand Prix at the Losail circuit near Doda, Qatar, 2 October 2004. He was cooled during the race by the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) jacket developed by Spidi using innovative space technology from astronauts’ suits. Here he is seen on the podium celebrating the victory with second-placed Colin Edwards from the US, left, and third-placed Ruben Xaus from Spain, right.

Credits: AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili

The cool jacket

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A schematic view of the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) developed by the Italian bike clothing company Spidi and used for the first time by Spain's motorcycle rider Sete Gibernau at the Moto Grand Prix race 2004 at the Sepang circuit in Qatar. The technology used in the AIS jacket was originally developed for astronauts’ space suits, and made available for Spidi by ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme (TTP) and the Italian textile and garment innovation research laboratory Grado Zero Espace (GZE).

Credits: Spidi

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Spain’s Sete Gibernau wearing the Anatomic Intercooler System (AIS) jacket to chill his body temperature while racing in the season’s hottest motorbike race, Qatar Moto Grand Prix on Saturday 2 October 2004.

Credits: AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili

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MotoGP AIS (Anatomic Intercooler System)