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  Industrial Designers Develop Harness To Provide Spine Support During Water Rescues

  Industrial designers created a floating support brace from foam and other materials. It protects the spine from damage during swiftwater rescues. The harness corrects itself if it turns upside down ... > more
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  Physicists Create Highly Sensitive Explosives Detector

  A tiny sensor that monitors electrical conductivity allows scientists to detect the presence of explosives. The sensor measures the conductivity of two different thin films, one made of a cobalt ... > more
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  Chemists And Materials Scientists Develop Paint That Reveals Evidence Of Impacts

  Chemists created a paint embedded with pressure-sensitive capsules that contain a contrastingly colored dye. Violent scratches, dents, or strikes cause the capsules to burst. Visual inspections for ... > more
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  Engineers Design Two Piece Magnetic Aquarium Pump

  Chemical engineers developed a pump that splits into two pieces, a propeller for the interior of the aquarium and a motor for the exterior, connected across the glass wall by strong magnets. The ... > more
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  Engineers Guide Students To Apply Basic Principles To Toy Car Design

  Students learned the principles of engineering and manufacturing when asked to design a toy car for a contest. They used computer design software to shape the car, then created wax and aluminum molds ... > more
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  Transportation Researchers Calculate Number Of Crashes Due To Bad Weather

  Researchers and statisticians found that 24% of all crashes occur during adverse weather conditions, including ice, snow, and rain. The research showed that most drivers do not account for adverse ... > more
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  Computer Scientists Test Fatigued Driver Behavior

  Human factors researchers created a virtual reality environment in order to obtain data on the effects of driving while fatigued. They found that tired drivers alter their steering patterns, from ... > more
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  Engineers Create Virtual Crash Test Dummies

  Engineers developed a humanlike computerized dummy to improve the analysis of crash safety. The software simulates a crash in three dimensions, allowing researchers to view injuries from different ... > more
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  Engineers And Computer Scientists Use Computers To Simulate Car Crashes

  Engineers created a 3-D crash simulator to increase their understanding of automobile safety. The software enables users to view cars and crashes from any angle, and to remove specific sections of ... > more
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  Human Factors Psychologists Study How To Avoid Rear-end Collisions

  Psychologists studied the way a trailing driver reacts to a car braking directly in front of theirs and researchers developed an early warning system algorithm to prevent rear end crashes from ... > more

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