The Ultimate Sacrifice: How Skoda's Crash Test Dummies Give Their "Lives" for Our Safety
12 Mar 2023, 18:50 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / Crash test dummies are critical in ensuring optimum safety for our cars - they come in many shapes and sizes, just like humans
Boeing's Dummy "Rosie the Rocketeer" Is Getting Ready to Fly to the ISS
25 Jun 2021, 09:48 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Boeing’s anthropometric test device, "Rosie the Rocketeer" is ready to be strapped into the Starliner for its second Orbital Flight Test
NASA Needs Your Help to Choose a Name for Its Artemis I Dummy
17 Jun 2021, 07:48 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In preparation for the Artemis I uncrewed flight, NASA will set up a manikin with sensors that will collect data during the mission to help in future flights.
Ripley the Dummy Astronaut Ready for Liftoff Onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon
1 Mar 2019, 16:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On March 2 a dummy astronaut named Ripley, will depart Earth for the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the Crew Dragon
Euro NCAP Testing Procedures Explained
17 Apr 2009, 16:28 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Crash testing cars is a complicated business, and it's safe to say that most people don't know the technical difference between a car achieving 4 or 5 stars
Ford Working on First Digital Child Crash Dummy
31 Mar 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford announced it is making a bold step in developing future safety research methods, by beginning work on the world’s first digital human child body models that could be...
Meet Carl, Chrysler's Animated Crash Test Dummy
26 Jan 2011, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Carl is a crash test dummy. One who, obviously, survived all those crashes. But no, not only did he survive the crashes, but he also felt the breath of God Chrysler and came to life. He came to life...
IIHS Takes On the NHTSA
24 Jan 2011, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is bored. Few tests are being conducted right now, because most cars have either proven their worth, or failed already. At the same time, 2011 is to be a poor...