{"id":2536,"date":"2016-12-23T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2016-12-18T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T09:45:13","slug":"the-tech-enabling-a-man-with-quadriplegia-to-drive-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/the-tech-enabling-a-man-with-quadriplegia-to-drive-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The tech enabling a man with quadriplegia to drive &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-38182052\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2016\/12\/92812018_p04jyzk5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The semi-autonomous Corvette has been modified to enable Sam Schmidt to drive on public roads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A specially modified car is allowing an ex-racing driver, who became quadriplegic after a car accident, to drive on public roads in the US.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hide-wrapper extra-content\">\n<p>The 2016 Corvette Z06 was adapted by Arrow Electronics using repurposed off-the-shelf technology to allow Sam Schmidt to control the car.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first American to be given a special licence to drive a semi-autonomous car on public roads.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Schmidt still requires a co-driver with him at all times, but the semi-autonomous vehicle allows him to take an active role in driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-38182052\">The tech enabling a man with quadriplegia to drive &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semi-autonomous Corvette has been modified to enable Sam Schmidt to drive on public roads. A specially modified car is allowing an ex-racing driver, who became quadriplegic after a car accident, to drive on public roads in the US. The 2016 Corvette Z06 was adapted by Arrow Electronics using repurposed off-the-shelf technology to allow Sam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7436,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[506,507,38],"class_list":["post-2536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-drive","tag-quadriplegia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}