{"id":344,"date":"2014-10-16T21:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/?p=344"},"modified":"2014-12-19T00:05:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T00:05:05","slug":"cycling-safety-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/2014\/10\/16\/cycling-safety-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling Safety Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling is dangerous. \u00a0As a cyclist, it is difficult to command attention from drivers, and drivers\u00a0often have a difficult time predicting what move cyclists are about to make. Hand signals are difficult to execute, and difficult for drivers to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Our project looks to solve these issues by creating a jacket to be worn for cycling, that includes a brake-light and turn-signals that the wearer can operate quickly and easily to make drivers aware of their presence and future actions.<\/p>\n<p>This project will be challenging from both a design and technical standpoint, but fortunately we have skill sets that complement each other. We believe the most challenging aspects to designing an interface that is lightweight and comfortable, and also easy to operate when on the go.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Andrew &amp; Emma<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/10\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-345\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/10\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"FullSizeRender\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/10\/FullSizeRender-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/10\/FullSizeRender-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling is dangerous. \u00a0As a cyclist, it is difficult to command attention from drivers, and drivers\u00a0often have a difficult time predicting what move cyclists are about to make. Hand signals are difficult to execute, and difficult for drivers to understand. Our project looks to solve these issues by creating a jacket to be worn for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/2014\/10\/16\/cycling-safety-jacket\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cycling Safety Jacket<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,20,5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}