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Are some innovations more valuable than others?

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What makes a project valuable or innovative?

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What makes a project valuable or innovative?

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We will be reading about the new innovative cars.

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Tesla 2022 TV Commercial | All Out Everything

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Why do you think inventions are becoming popular?

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Why do you think inventions are becoming popular?

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Are Robot Lawn Mowers FINALLY going to take our Jobs?!

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How did this invention change over time?

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How did this invention change over time?

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From the archives: Apple releases first iPhone in 2007

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How would your phone look if you were born 40 years ago?

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How would your phone look if you were born 40 years ago?

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Do our cars still look the same? What changed?

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Do our cars still look the same? What changed?

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Did you know cars didn't always have seatbelts?

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Did you know cars didn't always have seatbelts?

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How often do you ride in a car or truck? Many people use automobiles every day! You might notice that each time you get in the car, the driver says the same thing to you: "Buckle your seat belt!"

Most people wear seat belts each time they go for a ride in a car or truck because they know seat belts keep them safe. You might be surprised to learn that people haven't always used seat belts! In fact, until the 1950s, only race car drivers wore them regularly.

What changed?

In the mid-1950s, the car company Volvo noticed a problem. They realized that thousands of people were being each year in car accidents. They set out to keep people safer in cars.

Volvo hired a man named Nils Bohlin in 1958. Bohlin, a Swedish , became Volvo's first chief safety . At that time, came with two-point seat belts. These belts strapped across the lap and to the car at two points. Bohlin found that these seat belts in weren't protecting auto drivers or passengers. In fact, they often caused worse injuries than car crashes. For that reason, many people weren't even wearing seat belts when they drove or rode in cars.

To help improve the situation, Bohlin designed a new seat belt that would both better protect drivers and riders and be easy to use. His design was the three-point seat belt, which we use in today. These belts strap across the lap and shoulder, attaching to the car at three points. He sent the design to Volvo for testing.

Volvo tested the design. They found that the three-point seatbelt improved the safety of drivers and passengers. so they started putting them in all of their . The company also gave the design for the seat belt to other automobile makers for free. They could have made a by selling the design, but Volvo believed improving automobile safety was even more important than making money.

By 1968, the three-point seat belt was in all American . Nils Bohlin was then inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1999. It's that the invention saved over a million lives during Bohlin's lifetime.

Today, 90.1% of Americans wear a seat belt when they drive or ride in an automobile . The most recent statistics say seat belts saved 14,668 lives in 2016. On the other hand, 48% of people who were in automobile accidents in 2016 were not wearing seat belts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says there are three main reasons wearing a seat belt makes automobile travel safer.

First, buckling your seat belt helps keep you inside the vehicle. In a crash, being thrown from the vehicle would cause serious injuries. Your seat belt keeps you in the automobile .

Second, airbags are designed to work with seat belts, not separate from them. Many people are by their airbags when they don't wear seat belts. Buckling up makes you less likely to be by the airbag.

Finally, correctly buckling your seat belt reduces the chance of critical injury by 50% if you're in the front seat and 65% if you're in the back seat. The statistics are clear that a correctly worn seatbelt can save your life. Never ride with a seatbelt that is strapped below your arm or behind your back.

Do you wear a seat belt when you ride in a car or truck? If you don't, now is a great time to start! Even with seat belts, there is still plenty of room for improvement in automobile safety. What will be the next invention to save lives?

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Buckle up for today's Wonder of the Day!

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Why do people invent new ways to do things?

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Why do people invent new ways to do things?

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Gru created an entire lab to help him be evil!

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