Inside a modern car, passengers are protected by ever increasing numbers of airbags, protecting everything from head to knees. For those pedestrians unlucky enough to be struck by a vehicle however, there isn’t much to cushion the blow between a fragile body and unyielding metal.

A team at Cranfield University in the UK has come up [...]

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Under a plan announced some months ago, Victoria Police has now taken delivery of five Hummer H3s, the boxy American SUV adored by rappers and loathed by (most) motorists. The Hummers have been drafted to assist the Police with ”public order related issues”.

The five H3s will be used to combat alcohol-related crime in Melbourne’s CBD and around Victoria by [...]

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