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	cars - Crash test dummy
		Crash test dummies are full-scale replicas of human beings, weighted and articulated to simulate the behavior of a human body in a vehicle mishap, and instrumented to record as much data as possible on variables such as speed of impact, crushing force, bending, folding, or torque of the body, and deceleration rates during a collision.
		Hybrid III, the 50th percentile male dummy which made its first appearance in 1976, is the familiar crash test dummy, and he is now a family man. If he could stand upright, he would be 168 cm (5'6") tall and would have a mass of 77 kg (170 lb).
		The child models are very recent additions to the crash test dummy family; because so little hard data are available on the effects of accidents on children, and such data are very difficult to obtain, these models are based in large part on estimates and approximations.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Crash_test_dummy (3405 words)

	CTheory.net
		Crash test dummies sit in a cut-away Lexus as if X-rayed, revealing both the skeletal automobile and the spectral interior dummy of its passengers.
		In the purity of the crash test is the appearance of a sacramental writing circuit, the dummy's animation become a vehicle guaranteeing the safety of all drivers, its sensitivity inscribing the test in a range of measurement devices.
		Between the driver and the corpse is the dummy: survival requires that other drivers become corpses, absorbed by the survivor as the knowledge of the dummy, the knowledge of having survived to drive again.
	www.ctheory.net /text_file.asp?pick=162 (2621 words)

	The Female Dummy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This crash test dummy, the size of a small adult female, is used in the federal government's frontal impact tests to assess the potential for injury when an airbag deploys.
		Multiple tests are conducted that allow researchers to study her movement in a variety of seating positions, with and without her seatbelt and with and without the airbag deploying.
		While it is still early in testing, the results clearly correspond with real-world crashes — that when the seatbelt is worn, and in the correct location, both the mother and her unborn child have a significantly higher chance of escaping injury.
	www.edmunds.com /ownership/safety/articles/43819/article.html (2706 words)

	Crash test dummy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article focuses on the role of crash test dummies in preventing injury to automobile occupants.
		Hybrid III is a 5th percentile female dummy, at a diminutive 152 cm (5 ft) tall and 50 kg (110 lb).
		In 2004, a series of "Crash Dummies" animated shorts were commissioned for the FOX network, thus spawning another series of toys from Mattel through the Hot Wheels brand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crash_test_dummy (3588 words)

	Crash Test Dummies Really Use Their Heads
		Crash test dummies first arrived on the scene in 1949 for the U.S. Air Force.
		General Motors became the leader in crash test dummy technology by producing Hybrid I, Hybrid II and in 1997 Hybrid III.
		If, for instance, red paint is placed on the dummy’s knee and after the crash there is a lot of red paint on the steering wheel, the researcher knows that the placement of the steering wheel should be adjusted in order to prevent knee injuries.
	www.chevroncars.com /learn/cars/crash-test-dummy (751 words)

	bookofjoe: Crash-Test Dummy Inventor Dies
		The dummy that is the current industry standard for frontal crash testing in the United States is a lineal descendant of one Mr.
		But the new science of crash testing raised a seemingly intractable problem: to study the effect of a crash on the human body, researchers would have to equip the test car with a live human being.
		With the dimensions of an average adult man, the dummy had a steel rib cage, articulated joints and a flexible neck and lumbar spine.
	www.bookofjoe.com /2005/02/crashtest_dummy.html (923 words)

	I was a human crash-test dummy - Salon
		In a 1964 research paper on heads crashing through windshields, Patrick wrote that the joints of cadavers had to be "loosened by manipulation to the point where they had about the same resistance...
		We observed a pig, anesthetized and placed in a sitting position on the swing in the harness, crashed into a deep-dish steering wheel at about 10 mph." Steering wheels back then were not collapsible, and had a disagreeable habit of impaling the driver's chest should the car's front end be smashed in.
		During calibration, Beebe said, modern crash-test dummies endure the same sorts of indignities that humans and pigs once did: The Head Drop ("we drop its head on a steel plate"), the Thorax Impact ("we impact its chest with a probe") and the Torso Flexion Test ("a clamp-his-legs-down, bend him-over kinda thing").
	dir.salon.com /story/health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test/index1.html (640 words)

	crash test dummy
		Highlights of this version of the crash test will surely be the music performances by Frank Bretschneider, Olaf Bender and guests as well as the Dj Set by the infamous Belgradeyard Sound System.
		From now until next Saturday everyday there will be the possibility to experience the Crash Test yourself in the Bodyspin, to see how a privat surveillance drone is flying over territory, to play with the crash test videowall or participate in the debates going on in the Cocobello/Mobile Studio.
		A crash test in the field of consumer culture.
	www.crashtestdummy.net /blog (794 words)

	TRL :: Developing a rail crash test dummy
		TRL is renowned for its work in vehicle safety and for the development and use of crash test dummies for injury risk assessment and regulatory application.
		In particular, TRL recommended that the abdomen of the more advanced 'THOR' dummy be evaluated under the type of loading regime that an occupant might be subjected to in a rail carriage when sat in front of a table, in order to assess its suitability for use in rail safety testing.
		The dummy has been developed and has since been used in a full scale crash test in the Unites States as part of a US Government funded programme.
	www.trl.co.uk /content/main.asp?pid=113 (409 words)

	The Heights Crash Test Dummy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		the ctd is used to host webpages and shell accounts for Mr.
		it is also used as a testing ground for all things linux.
		the ctd is currently running fedora core 2 linux.
	ctd.heights.edu (33 words)

	THOR Advanced Frontal Crash Test Dummy
		This international cooperative test effort is providing a wealth of test data and expert advice, which is facilitating the refinement of the new test device.
		Tests are under way in fall of 1997 with a testing consortium in Europe led by the TNO Road Vehicles Research Institute (Holland), and including the Transport Research Laboratory (UK) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
		In 1998, tests are planned in Australia with the Federal Office of Road Safety and in Detroit under the sponsorship of the Occupant Safety Research Partnership- Ford, GM, and Chrysler.
	www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov /departments/nrd-51/thor/revintro.html (326 words)

	Insurance Institute crash test results - Aug. 6, 2006
		Crash test results for the Camry, Dodge Caliber, Kia Optima, Lincoln Zephyr, Toyota Rav4, Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage were released Sunday night.
		As crash protection in cars has improved, it has become common for vehicles to earn a rating of "Good" in the Institute's front crash test.
		For side impact safety, vehicles are tested using a moving barrier that strikes the vehicle at a speed of 31 mph.
	money.cnn.com /2006/08/04/autos/iihs_crash_tests/index.htm (1067 words)

	Crash Test Dummy Inventor Dies - CBS News
		The company made anthropomorphic dummies for use by the military and NASA in testing ejection seats and parachutes.
		The dummies were built to approximate the weight and density of humans and hold data-gathering instruments.
		He left his original company in 1973 to form a competing crash test dummy maker, and the two companies were dominant in the market until eventually merging in 1990 to form First Technology Safety Systems.
	www.cbsnews.com /track/rss/stories/2005/02/18/national/main674969.shtml (449 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kia Spectra gets worst crash test rating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Spectra, a small, four-door sedan that starts at $13,240, got the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's lowest rating of poor after a crash test dummy's head, chest and legs were injured in the 40 mph crash test.
		The institute tests vehicles in a 40 mph crash and rates them based on three criteria: the amount the vehicle crumples into the driver's space, injuries to the crash test dummy and a slow-motion analysis of how well the seat belt worked.
		Most of those cars were tested earlier by the insurance institute, which tests vehicles as they are redesigned.
	www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2004-12-19-crash-tests-kia_x.htm (477 words)

	Salon Health & Body \| I was a human crash-test dummy
		From 1960 to 1975, Lawrence Patrick was a human crash-test dummy.
		A dummy could tell you how much impact a crash was unleashing on various dummy body parts, but without knowing how much impact the real body part can take, the information was useless.
		It was just the way he spoke, neutrally and somewhat formally, as though he were reading from a script for a '50s propaganda film.
	www.salon.com /health/col/roac/1999/11/19/crash_test (564 words)

	The History of Crash Test Dummies
		This notable progress is due in part to manufacturers’ diligent efforts to design cars so that fewer injuries occur during accidents.
		Crash test dummies, like those developed and manufactured by First Technology Safety Systems (FTSS), play a major role in making cars safer.
		It is a Hybrid II type dummy with a new thorax.
	www.ftss.com /history.cfm (470 words)

	www.robotworkshop.com - Battlebot 'crash test dummy' & 'crash test junior'
		There was a quick shot of CTD in the first episode testing the new arena hammers and it's battle was first shown on 7-24-2001.
		After all of our testing the airbags are a lot less scary than some of the other devices that were able to compete in the event.
		I also had a chance to calibrate the controller on CTD and now it is considerably faster than it was during the battle on TV.
	www.robotworkshop.com /robotworkshop/battlebot/index.html (798 words)

	Crash Test Dummy Curling - Hurl your crash dummy as far as you can. Because curling is just too dangerous for humans!!!
		Crash Test Dummy Curling - Hurl your crash dummy as far as you can.
		You're a crash dummy and you have to drive a car as fast as you can and slam into a solid brick wall.
		Try and get yourself (the crash dummy) as close as possible to the center of the target on the ground.
	crash-test-dummy-curling.freeonlinegames.com (178 words)

	ScienceDaily: Virtual Crash Test Dummy Makes Major "Impact" On Highway Safety
		The overall goal of Tabiei's research is to reduce the number of actual crash tests which need to be performed and to help designers spot potential safety problems very early in the design process.
		Car Crashes Are More Deadly For Seniors, Traffic Fatalities Expected To Rise (June 19, 2006) -- A study co-authored by a University of Virginia professor suggests that seniors citizens will die in car accidents at a higher rate in the years ahead as America's 75 million baby boomers age, grow...
		NIST Assists With Testing Crash Avoidance System (December 1, 2005) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are assisting the Department of Transportation (DOT) by developing tests for a crash avoidance system that could substantially...
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2000/01/000113080139.htm (1689 words)

	Science NetLinks: It's a Crash Test, Dummy
		It is important for students to realize that this is not exactly how an air bag works, but is a good analogy that allows them to simulate the inflation of a protective device in the classroom.
		The student worksheets (Air Bag Study Guide and It's a Crash Test, Dummy) could be collected and used to assess understanding.
		In addition to grading the questions, points could be awarded for a successful crash test.
	www.sciencenetlinks.com /Lessons.cfm?DocID=147 (908 words)

	CanadianDriver: First international crash test dummy unveiled
		The crash test dummy was designed, developed and tested collectively by technical working groups from the America's, European and the Asia/Pacific regions.
		Its 212 sensors capture data more than 1000 times per second and store the information in special memory boards inside the dummy, making it the most advanced (and probably the smartest) crash test dummy in the world.
		One, developed by the NHTSA in the U.S., has served as the crash dummy to be used in the existing U.S. side impact crash regulation (FMVSS 214)," he said.
	www.canadiandriver.com /news/040324-2.htm (458 words)

	Commentary - 10 minutes as a middle-aged crash test dummy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In this case, flying in the Heli-Basket proved to be an easy assignment for the two crash-test dummies, which are accustomed to wood-jarring ejection seat testing on lightning-swift speed sleds.
		As I strode to the basket on the third and final test flight, I wasn’t interested in making history, although I would have the distinct honor of being the first Air Force military journalist between the ages of 40 and 45 from Montana to ride in the Heli-Basket.
		With the wind whipping around, the helicopter noise crashing down from above and the profound sense of urgency, I was fumbling around with the seatbelt like an untrained monkey.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123016832 (1037 words)

	Samuel Alderson, Crash-Test Dummy Inventor, Dies at 90
		Alderson's average-man dummy has a family: dummy women, children and infants.
		I hope that he would be amused by the fact that because of typically ridiculous government regulations the part of the hearse that he will take his final ride in is required to be crash tested for safety just like the front.
		In a show of respect, Michael Moore, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, and John Kerry have agreed to test drive a new car in one of his crash simulators.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1345871/posts (1625 words)

	THOR Advanced Crash Test Dummy
		As a component of a long-term research program dedicated to the reduction of automotive crash trauma, the National Transportation Biomechanics Research Center of the NHTSA Research and Development Office has directed the development of an advanced crash test dummy, denoted as THOR.
		During the period of THOR development, an extensive database of test results was acquired with the contributions of numerous participating organizations and laboratories.
		In addition, fifteen full-scale vehicle crash tests were conducted, both in U.S. NCAP and offset deformable barrier test conditions.
	www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov /departments/nrd-51/THORAdv/THORAdv.htm (1197 words)

	scribblingwoman: Crash test dummy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A classic work of cutting-edge fiction, Crash explores both the disturbing implications and horrific possibilities of contemporary society's increasing dependence on technology as intermediary in human relations.
		Seeing the reaction of the class towards James Ballard's Crash, I felt inclined to say a few things about it that I think I left unsaid.
		I think that Ballard had this neato idea about people who got off on car crashes as emblems of what he saw as dangerous social and cultural trends, but instead of writing a story, as one of my students wished on his Crash webpage, he sat down and wrote a whole novel.
	www.unbsj.ca /arts/english/jones/mt/archives/000236.html (1119 words)

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