Remember the annoying rapping crash test dummies Larry and Vince? The fact that it was Larry and Vince and not Larry and Veronica has been putting women in disproportionate danger. More »
In the 1940s, researchers would throw just about anything at a wall — anaesthetised pigs, human cadavers — to gain an understanding of a high-speed collision’s effect on the body. Thankfully, the latest generation of crash test dummies use sophisticated sensor arrays to do that, not dead people. More »
Moammar Gadhafi is now filling boats with one ton of explosives and sending them out to sea with a crew manned by dummies. In Gadhafi’s latest military strategy, these pilotless boats drift until they find a NATO target to destroy. More »
Just look at them – with their beady little eyes and flapping heads. And don’t bother going to sleep tonight, that’s just the opportunity these crafty bastards are waiting for. You can thank our friends at Oobject.com for the nightmare fuel. More »
Artist David Karave: “I saw these dummies as experiencing the vague alerts, and the anxiety and the paranoia that we normally feel as a society, in place of us, and thereby saving us.” [CrashingAlert via DarkRoastedBlend] More »
Oddly enough, a website called iPhonedummy.net is selling realistic looking but completely non-functional iPhone dummies for $US20 apiece. As stupid as that sounds, there are a million-and-one uses for this thing. More »
