Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, ...

The cause was complications of myelofibrosis and pneumonia, his grandson Matthew Alderson said. The dummy that is the current industry standard for frontal crash testing in the United States is a ...

Women are twice as likely as men to suffer whiplash injuries when hit from behind. Nevertheless, the crash test dummy used for testing is based on the average male. Chalmers researcher Anna Carlsson ...

Beth Milito and her husband bought a 2011 Toyota Sienna based on friends' recommendations and the minivan's overall four-star safety rating to protect their four children. But tucked into the details ...

James Bruton is something of a robotics genius. He’s a YouTuber who regularly creates impressive machines from 3D-printed parts and complex electronics. Recently he’s branched out into larger more ...

Whitney Rydbeck, the actor and mime who played one of the original Crash Test Dummies in the "You Could Learn a Lot From a Dummy" seat-belt ads from the 1980s and '90s, died Monday from complications ...