McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Feb 22, 2011: Q: I see. So if I use a buggy of some sort, could you use the programme to recalculate the jump so that I can hire the carpenters to build the ramps? A: Um....This is you physics project? You need to learn all about which calculations are important and/or which vehicle properties might...

Feb 22, 2011: In a sad continuation of our threads on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Part 2 Today news came out that former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson killed himself last week and asked that his brain be studied. If researchers find evidence of a chronic condit...

Feb 20, 2011: We received some emails from a high school student from Sweden who is doing "A project in my 3rd year in high school, which everybody does, that will be about Physics. I have talked with my physics teacher and we will try to recreate the spiral jump from the film "The man wit...

This is related to prior topics: Astro Spiral Jump Astro Spiral Jump, Part 2 Feb 21, 2011: Q: Are the ramps that were used for the jump still in existence? And what kind of car needs to be used? And if I have a different car to the one in the film, will the ramps still work or does it need to be rec...

Feb 16, 2011: Watson triumphs in Jeopardy's man vs. machine challenge IBM's supercomputer crushes human opponents on third night of the TV game show challenge Like there was ever any question. One of the factors in chess, Jeopardy, Scrabble and other games is that there is more than simple 'who's sm...

Feb 9, 2011: EHS Today: Researchers Debunk Myth that Motorcycle Helmets Can Increase Injury Risk in Crashes Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, also appear to be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new researc...

Feb 15, 2011: NY Times A Fight to Win the Future: Computers vs. Humans At the dawn of the modern computer era, two Pentagon-financed laboratories bracketed Stanford University. At one laboratory, a small group of scientists and engineers worked to replace the human mind, while at the other, a simila...

Feb 11, 2011: South Dakota House Votes to Ban Photo Enforcement The South Dakota House of Representatives voted 43 to 24 on Tuesday to prohibit the use of red light cameras and speed cameras in the state. A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by state Representative Peggy Gibson (D-Huron) took aim at ...

From the National Institute of Occupantional Safety and Health (NIOSH) Police officer line-of-duty deaths have increased 40 % from 2009 to 2010. Traffic-related incidents are the leading cause of death among our nation's law enforcement officers. Help NIOSH better understand police officer attitudes...

I believe the appellate court erred in painting the opinion with such a MILE WIDE brush. They should have merely addressed ‘probable cause’. But OHHHHH NOOO…they took it so much farther. They added enough legalese to keep courts confused for years until the opinions are clarified. The SDM is part of...