{"id":2269,"date":"2016-11-19T20:25:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T02:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2016-11-19T20:19:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T02:19:48","slug":"worlds-fastest-blind-man-and-the-autonomous-bicycle-meet-dan-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2269","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Fastest Blind Man and the Autonomous Bicycle? Meet Dan parker"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8577\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2269-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Dan Parker joins Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as he talks about his new goal of building his own car from scratch, designing welding, bending and knotting. Staying busy and figuring out how to do it Blind.<br \/>\nDan has an idea that started when he lost his sight after a racing accident, Dan wants to plants the seeds for developing an autonomous apparatus for a 3-wheeled bicycle. Something that people could use to get out and about and having the freedom to travel on their own.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dan is looking for support in reaching both of his ambitious goals. If you can help or know somebody who can help, contact Dan Parker via <a href=\"mailto:Dansblindambition@gmail.com\">email<\/a>, on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanParkerQuestForTheSalt\/?fref=ts\">Facebook page<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuestfortheSalt\">twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/lighthouse-sf.org\/lighthouse-labs\/\">LightHouse Labs<\/a> that Dan references and the Invention Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Effects and Background music by Jeff Thompson using Novation LaunchPad Instruments.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8579\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2269-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Dan_parker_225_mph.mp3Dan Parker joins Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as he talks about his new goal of building his own car from scratch, designing welding, bending and knotting. Staying busy and figuring out how to do it Blind. Dan has an idea that started when he lost his sight after a racing accident, Dan wants to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[164,399],"class_list":["post-2269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-interview","tag-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-AB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2089,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2089","url_meta":{"origin":2269,"position":0},"title":"Crashing into Blindness and Racing into History: meet Dan parker","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"August 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Join the Blind abilities Team of Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as they talk to Dan Parker about his life changing racing accident and how he has set goals to overcome the challenges from losing his eye sight and more than anything, not losing his vision of racing again. 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