Photos: How Ford 'life-proofs' its cars

Ford Motor on Tuesday lifted the curtain on one of its testing labs, presumably in an effort to promote new safety features in its upcoming line-up of cars.

Here's a glimpse into the world of crash test dummies. (Or is that smarties?)

Ford's new air bags use pressure-based sensors, shown here, that enable them to deploy 30 percent faster than traditional systems that use accelerator-based sensors, according to Ford.

Photo by Ford Motor

Caption by Candace Lombardi