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Dummies Go to the Smithsonian
Jul 15th 2010 – 1:40PM
Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Institution
(July 15) -- Did you hear the one about a couple of dummies going to the museum? Hugh Talman, Smithsonian Institution Larry the crash test dummy's costume is now part of the Smithsonian's collection. What a minute! This is no joke. Washington's Smithsonian National Museum of American History has acquired the costumes...
Background on crash dummies
Crash test dummies are full-scale anthropomorphic test devices (ATD) that simulate the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body, and are usually instrumented to record data about the dynamic behavior of the ATD in simulated vehicle impacts.
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