Thing about these kind of advancements that I'm interested in is that if they keep heat out dont they also keep heat in? So you could make winter clothing that is just as thin as your normal everyday shirts and stuff. Also firemen could war thinner clothing and get better protection.

seen this weeks ago on liveleak, pretty interesting as I use torches everyday at work, heat up and melt steel like about 10 - 15 seconds and this guys hand is good to go for so long, so weird....

Video was removed for scamming or something.

hmmm get this message from u tube
This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy against spam, scams and commercially deceptive content.

So is this a trick or the real thing?

I'm surprised no one said that youtube is in on the coverup yet
And I didn't even get to see the video so I cannot judge for myself, dang. Perhaps it'll reemerge here sometime in the future.

First the Maximum neutral flame temperature of oxygen/Acetylene is about 5720ºF NOT 7000ºF
In the video he had the flame carbon rich and that is even colder(yellow flame)likely around 4500ºF

The Maximum neutral flame temperature of oxygen/propane is about 5112oF.
And since one we did not see the bottles he had hooked up and with a carbon rich flame oxygen/propane is down around 4200ºF

And its not the torch heat that lets you burn through steel its the oxidation process where steel actually burns under pure oxygen if hot enough.

The second smaller torch is a MAPP air torch that only goes to 3,670 °F

Both would heat through over time all you are seeing is a short heat through test.

I did note that under the oxy/propane or oxy/Acetylene that his material glassed and that is not a good sign.
most fire brick does not glass that much and (does not spall popcorn like as in the video) and its under weeks to years of very high temps

You could take a 3/4 inch piece of plywood coated with common fire resistant paint and hold the torches to it and it would protect your hand as long a there test did.

The video was good enough to fool anyone but a welder that knows his torches and how to read them.
and has worked with high temps melting metals.

Your right about something too. The degree in which the material can survive such temperatures is still mind boggling, mostly for something that is Gel like.