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General Motors announces first center mounted airbags (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- General Motors, in a move to make driving automobiles safer, has announced it will be installing center-mounted airbags in three of its 2013 crossover vehicles. The center mounted airbags ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Image: Boeing tests parachute system for CST-100 spacecraft

The main parachutes deploy for Boeing's crew capsule during a parachute drop test on May 2, 2012. This is the second successful parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft, part of Boe ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Toyota secretive on 'black box' data

(AP) -- Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 12

NASA's commercial crew partner Boeing completes parachute test

The Boeing Company successfully completed the second parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft Wednesday, part of its effort to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities that could ferry ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV (w/ Video)

(AP) -- Air bags have long been mounted in the steering wheel, dashboard and sides of vehicles. Now, they're in the seat belts. Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce seat belt-mounted air bags in the back seat ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China to step up fight against plastic addiction

China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of "white pollution" that clogs waterways, farms and fields.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Despite more distracted-driving deaths, road fatalities down

Over the past five years, road fatalities in the United States have fallen 22 percent, thanks primarily to the poor economy and the increased prevalence of air bags, according to University of Michigan researchers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Air bags not a risk to pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ground-breaking study from University of Washington researchers has found that air bags do not seem to elevate risk of most potential adverse outcomes during pregnancy.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Automobile restraints do not increase chance of fetal complications following accidents

It is well established that seat belts save lives. However, many pregnant women do not wear seat belts, for fear that the belt itself could injure the baby in a car crash. But is this actually the case? Does the seat belt ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0