Those of us who do simulation for a living spend a lot of time focusing on faster, cheaper, and better. But we rarely deal with the hard, and cold reality that better often means safer. Please take some time to read the blog entry below from an ANSYS employee who survived an insane crash, because a bunch of nerds at Nissan ran simulations over and over again on his car so that it would protect him. Warning… may make you mist up a bit.
Editors Note (6/27/2022): Unfortunately, the blog post we linked to is no longer available.
http://blog.ansys.com/2012/01/26/nissan-understand-behind-realize-your-product-promise/