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Car airbags are one of the coolest inventions ever

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It's so simple, cushion the impact. But the science behind it is pretty freaking cool. What they do is "round" out the deceleration to something the body can survive. The design of them is pretty amazing, from the sensors to the actual deployment of them is all dictated by basic physics.

While the foam filling car of that stallone movie (demolition man) was cool it's not going to do what the airbag does. Control deceleration to the body/head instead of letting your brain and internal organs deal with it.

All of this comes from Newtonian physics and I am still amazed by it. F=MA.
 
No. One of my ancestors is known for the first recorded curveball. That is the coolest invention. Or maybe the first Peanut Butter and Jelly. No wait, the English Muffin.
 
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No. One of my ancestors is known for the first recorded curveball. That is the coolest invention. Or maybe the first Peanut Butter and Jelly. No wait, the English Muffin.
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OK - understood.

But it has to rank up there. Not greatest of all time, but still - it's a damn fine application of engineering and forces coupled with data on the human body.
 
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