For something commonly called a "dummy," the mannequins used in crash tests are surprisingly sophisticated and so specialized that they're not much use out of automotive safety labs. When the US Army ...
Most vehicle crash safety tests use a dummy that's based on a very specific male body type and there is no crash-test dummy used anywhere in the world that is designed to replicate an average woman's ...
Engineers are working on a new "virtual" crash test dummy, one that will live entirely within computers, but will be more realistic than any physical dummy ever subjected to a crash test. You really ...
The dummy is modeled on a 3-year-old and will help engineers better understand what happens during an impact. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called ...
The new crash test dummy weights 106 pounds and five inches taller than the traditional model. Nearly 35% of American adults are obese, according to the CDC. Obese drivers are up to 78% more likely to ...
Keen to learn more about what happens to a human head when a rogue quadcopter smashes into it at high speed, boffins at Virginia Tech have recently been conducting a number of tests. Aware that using ...
Washington — Women get in fewer car accidents than men. But when they do, they're up to 73% more likely to be injured and 28% more likely to die, according to new data from the Insurance Institute for ...
Background One injury mechanism in ice hockey is impact with the boards. We investigated whether more flexible hockey boards would provide less biomechanical loading on impact than did existing ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Most vehicle crash safety tests use a dummy that's based on a very specific male body type, and there is no crash-test dummy used anywhere in the world that is designed to ...