stackyFACTSYou probably thought they were just heavy plastic mannequins, but these guys have a higher net worth than you do.
You probably thought they were just heavy plastic mannequins, but these guys have a higher net worth than you do. A modern crash test dummy is packed with over 100 highly calibrated data channels, load cells, and sensors to measure exact anatomical impacts. At well over a million bucks a pop, the dummy is usually the most expensive thing in the room during a crash test, completely upstaging the luxury SUV it’s sitting in.
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