Crash-test dummies could soon be facing vehicle collision tests in cars padded with cork rather than traditional materials such as polymer foams or porous aluminium metal, according to Portuguese ...

None at all. Sound dampening material will only help to get rid of the noise from vibrations. In a properly constructed case these noises should be minimal anyways, and if you must get rid of them ...

There is nothing new about using cork as an insulating material; Fridtjof Nansen lined the Fram with a foot thick layer of the stuff, and almost got to the North Pole in it, while Amundsen used the ...