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Widespread airbag use could result in dramatic cost savings for US trauma centers
May 19, 2008 |
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According to research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, the new generation of airbags not only helps protect motor vehicle collision (MVC) victims from injury and death, but also ...
Airbags in an X-ray movie
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Critical events often occur with blinding speed and hidden from view. The ignition of an airbag, for instance, takes just 150 milliseconds. With X-ray cinematography, processes of this kind can now be viewed ...
The airbag listens too
May 03, 2005 |
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New airbag sensor recognizes the seriousness of a crash from the noise From 2007, airbags in our cars will start to listen: The automotive supplier Siemens VDO Automotive AG has developed a sensor that monitor ...
Airbags associated with increased probability of death in accidents, study finds
Jun 02, 2005 |
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags installed in automobiles have saved some 10,000 lives as of January 2004. A just-released study by a statistician at the University of Georgia, ...
Female auto crash rates increase alarmingly; airbags can be dangerous for tall and small people
May 16, 2007 |
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Automobile crashes remain the leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults, compounded by the effects of alcohol and failure to use seatbelts. Although males have tended to be associated with alcohol-related crashes, ...
Students Design System to Return Astronauts to Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2006 |
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NASA's planned mission to the moon won't lift off for more than seven years, but student engineers at Texas A&M University are already designing the systems that could get it safely back to the ground.
Accidental wireless: Wireless-based sensor system could SAVE lives
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive in time to save them. Writing in the International Jo ...
Airbags will become more secure
Feb 04, 2005 |
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"Despite the fact that motorcars of established companies have long ago been equipped with airbags, gas generating compositions in them are still far from perfect, says David Lempert, Ph.D. (Chemistry), one of the development ...
Road safety: the uncrashable car?
Apr 07, 2008 |
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The largest road safety research project ever launched in Europe will usher in a series of powerful road-safety systems for European cars. But, in the long term, its basic, experimental research could lead ...
Airbags, Antilock Brakes Not Likely to Reduce Accidents, Injuries
Sep 27, 2006 |
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Researchers have determined that airbags and antilock braking systems do not reduce the likelihood of accidents or injuries because they may encourage more aggressive driving, thwarting the potential benefits of such safety ...
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