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A New Helmet Keeps Your Head On Straight
Skin HeadCourtesy Lazer HelmetsA stretchy skin-like material lets the helmet skid more freely across the ground. MORE INFO: Lazer Solano SuperSkin $315 (est.); lazerhelmets.comA motorcycle accident can...
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Future of the Car: The Urban Commute, 2020
The Urban Commute, 2020Illustration: Steve KarpPopSci looks at eight technologies that will make future automotive adventures free of traffic jams, fender benders and fruitless hunts for parking...
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Two New Sensor-Based Safety Systems Lead Toward The Crash-Proof Car
Robo SenseIf Mercedes's pedestrian-detecting Spotlight system detects an oncoming car, it will refrain from flashing its brights, lest it make things worse by blinding the driver of the oncoming...
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3-D Scanning and Reconstruction of Crash Scenes Will Save Cops and Drivers...
Crash in the UKjf01350 via FlickrPolice in England will soon deploy 3-D laser scanners to the scene of car crashes, saving time and allowing wreckage to be cleared from roadways more quickly. The 3-D...
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Human-Caused Driverless Car Crash Is More Evidence That Cars Should Just Take...
Human-Driven Driverless Car CrashJalopnikThe car blog Jalopnik received this photo of a Google driverless car prototype, identifiable by the roof equipment, that was apparently involved in a crash....
View Article4 Extreme Labs That Subject New Materials To Fire, Lightning, Crashes, and...
Failure is supposed to be a bad thing. In materials science, however, understanding and predicting how a new fiber, composite material, or type of plastic breaks, snaps, melts, fractures, or rips can...
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Volvo's New Exterior Airbags Protect Pedestrians
Volvo V40's Pedestrian AirbagVolvoVolvo, the Swedish carmaker known for its safety engineering (a Volvo engineer invented the modern 3-point seat belt), has turned their focus to keeping those outside...
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Ask Us Anything: Can Body Fat Protect You Like A Built-In Cushion?
Extra PaddingIllustration by Jason SchneiderHaving a bigger belly only helps prevent some injuries in the event of a car accident.Fat can indeed act as a shock absorber in violent collisions. A 2003...
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Who's Responsible When A Self-Driving Car Crashes?
Bryant Walker SmithAaron GreeneSmith is the foremost expert on legal issues related to emerging technologies, such as self-driving cars.For the first time, in March, an autonomous car drove itself from...
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How Airbags Work, And How They Can Fail
Cars Millions of the safety devices have turned deadly Airbags are a critical safety feature in any car, but in the case of a recent tampering reveal, they can sometimes be a hazard themselves.
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