NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Swedish engineer Astrid Linder, who lead the project to create the prototype for the first crash test dummy modeled ... us now on the line from Sweden.

Sure, the first male crash test dummy was introduced in 1949 ... which is roughly in line with the proportions of a 12-year-old-girl. Predictably, this led to more incidents of injury for women ...

In scientific circles, these objects are known as anthropomorphic test devices ... Tyco released a line of Incredible Crash Dummies action figures in the 1990s. The toys inspired the Fox ...

While Humanetics Group engineers harvest data from crash test dummies at a lab in ... And we've gone from a handful of old dummies to a complete line of brand-new dummies, software, simulated ...

Believe it or not, the crash-test dummy lab at Magna’s cavernous R&D ... A Jaguar I-Pace at an early station on the production line at Magna’s facility in Graz, Austria. Magna Otmar ...

About DASH 1.0 DASH 1.0 is the first Sleepypod crash test dummy that represents the distinctive sighthound dog shape, having long legs, a deep chest, a wiry body, and a lean head. DASH’s weight ...

Since the 1970s, crash test dummies ... She joins us now on the line from Sweden. Hi there. Welcome. ASTRID LINDER: Hi there. KELLY: What's the difference from the male dummy?