Crash test dummies today are made from a variety of ... dummy for testing air and spacecraft ejection seats, helmets and restraint systems," Humanetics writes in its history of the company.

"It is the best crash test dummy in the world," Bentley said of these ... indicating an angled movement while wearing a heavy aviator's helmet. "One time isn't so bad; five times isn't so bad.

But in the slow-motion replays, viewers can watch every detail of the destruction — and every millimeter of the crash-test dummy’s movement ... to evaluate football-helmet design.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Swedish engineer Astrid Linder, who lead the project to create the prototype for the first crash test dummy modeled after the average woman's body. Here's a fact.

Women and older people are being failed by our crash test dummies, according to the US Government Accountability Office. The GAO has just published a new report on the topic and is concerned that ...

“We worked with a crash test dummy, just like in crash tests conducted ... accelerations of 170 g on the human body. Wearing a helmet and protective gear is therefore highly recommended, as ...

Football helmets made by manufacturers revealed liabilities in tests designed to better understand player concussions, according to a new study. University of Cincinnati engineers put popular ...

About DASH 1.0 DASH 1.0 is the first Sleepypod crash test dummy that represents the distinctive sighthound dog shape, having long legs, a deep chest, a wiry body, and a lean head. DASH’s weight ...

Some of Magna’s crash test dummies are, in fact, worth over a million bucks. And if you want to be fancy, you can call them Anthropomorphic Test Devices (but we won’t). Dummy or ATD, there’s ...

“It is the best crash test dummy in the world,” Bentley said of ... indicating an angled movement while wearing a heavy aviator’s helmet. “One time isn’t so bad; five times isn’t ...