You probably already know that your knees are only meant to bend one way.
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It’s not all car-on-car impact out there.
We tend to also walk in and around the same spaces where cars are driving.
So the team designed a knee that could bend in all directions:
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And, when it came to designing the legs and feet, they incorporated what I feel is the most sci-fi element of Graham:
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See that extra bulge where the calf goes?
See that other bulge just below it?
These additional joints and muscles will allow Graham to jump over cars, thereby avoiding all of the terrible effects of a human meeting a car.
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Are you ready to meet Graham, in all of his glory, and the team that built him?
Here he is:
Flat-faced, wide-chested, and ugly AF.
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He’s got like, 14 nipples, probably more, and he seems fairly contemplative for a punching bag.
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Look at him. He’s just chilling there, waiting for cars to evolve to suit his body, which now seems way too large for anything other than a Hummer.
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And there are those sci-fi, jump-over-the-car style legs.
Here’s a video with more info about Graham as told by the team that built him:
Pretty cool idea, right?
Want to make us realize we’re not invincible?
All you have to do is show us what we’d have to look like, just to come close.
What features would you add to your version of Graham?
Now that you’re in the right frame of mind, meditating on the fragility of the human body and all, why not contemplate the fragility of life itself with these 12 Seemingly Random Facts to Help You Ponder the Meaning of Life.
Source – Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission / Towards Zero / Project Graham
h/t: Distractify
