Barney Clark had tubes sticking out of his chest to an air compressor that powered the Jarvik-7.

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Route 66 boasted a full luxury interior with air-conditioning, desalination equipment and even an air compressor for underwater breathing hoses.

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She recently started working for a maker of air compressor parts on New York's Long Island, but won't qualify for the company's insurance plan for six months.

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The boat, called Route 66, cruised at more than 20 knots and frequently hit speeds in excess of 30 knots, or 55 kilometers an hour. (Note that America's Cup racers max out at 16 knots, and they're basically empty shells with nary a cushion to sit on.) Route 66 boasted a full luxury interior with air-conditioning, desalination equipment and even an air compressor for underwater breathing hoses.

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His bikes are equipped with a Rigidaire pneumatic seat suspension system developed by Cox that absorbs vibrations using a small compressor and two air shocks under the seat.

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This fan is used to blow up to 90% of the air around the outside of the compressor and combustion chamber.

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On Demon, the air is produced from a seperately powered compressor, but in a production version it could be drawn from the engine.

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All air trapped during this procedure is then directed through an electric cooling compressor situated behind the propellers.

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