DIGITAL CRASH TEST DUMMY PROJECT USES DEAD BODIES AND COMPUTERS TO SAVE LIVES
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project has been using donated dead bodies, elaborately constructed dummies and complex computer research to create a digital model of the thorax (the upper body between the head and abdomen) to help build safer cars.
The three-and-a-half year THOMO project, ending in 2013, will feed its work into projects run by the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) focusing on other parts of the body. This involves nine automakers pooling their human body modeling efforts, owned by Chrysler, General Motors, ...
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