{"id":47711,"date":"2013-11-08T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=47711"},"modified":"2015-03-13T00:27:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:27:26","slug":"yes-an-invisible-bike-helmet-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2013\/11\/08\/yes-an-invisible-bike-helmet-for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, An Invisible Bike Helmet. For Real! 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I think if my son wore one, I might feel a little bit better as he cycles through Manhattan. Marginally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is one of those ideas<\/strong> that is so simple, and yet so brilliant, and I can\u2019t wait for all the kinks to be worked out on it.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t ruin the surprise for you. Check it out.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43038579?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: How about a bulletproof business suit<\/strong> to go with it, via <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/instapundit\/178918\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instapundit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, my elder son is bicycling from Penn Station to his job, every day, and yes, he wears a helmet, but that doesn\u2019t mean my heart doesn\u2019t skip a beat every time I contemplate him riding in nutty New York City traffic \u2014 especially if he\u2019s having one of his days of creative pondering. 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