{"id":713558,"date":"2010-04-09T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T22:01:00","slug":"video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/713558","title":{"rendered":"Video: GM shows off how to make a crash test dummy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/safety\/\" rel=\"tag\">Safety<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/#continue\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/gm-crash-testers.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Click above to watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/#continue\">after the jump<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nWe love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/03\/26\/video-brilliance-bs4-fails-german-crash-test-with-zero-stars\/\">crash test videos<\/a> because there&#8217;s nothing quite like a 35 mph collision between a two-ton automobile and a cement barrier done in the name of science and safety. When we watch the slow-motion footage we marvel at the twisting metal and the busted glass, but unless the crash test dummy&#8217;s head falls off, we rarely give the anthropomorphic stiff the time of day.<\/p>\n<p>That may change after watching the two-minute video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/#continue\">after the jump<\/a> that explains the work that goes into making a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/gm\/\">General Motors<\/a>&#8216; test dummies. The video tells us that each unit can have 50 to 100 information channels and a data collection box that is about as big as a Blackberry. The video also details why the dummies wear clothes and why those duds are pink. Hint: it has nothing to do with fashion.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chevroletvoltage.com\/index.php\/videos\/videodirectlink\/177-the-making-of-crash-test-dummies.html\">Voltage<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Video: GM shows off how to make a crash test dummy<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/video-gm-shows-off-how-to-make-a-crash-test-dummy\/\">Video: GM shows off how to make a crash test dummy<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:01:00 EST.  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When we watch the slow-motion footage we marvel at the twisting metal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ZD0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}