{"id":597,"date":"2026-04-14T09:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=597"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:58:51","slug":"a-sleek-wearable-airbag-for-cyclists-is-nearly-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"A sleek, wearable airbag for cyclists is nearly here"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a bicyclists launching over his handlebars as the airbag expands to protect him.\" data-caption=\"The lightweight Airbag deploys in just milliseconds after detecting a crash. | Image: Van Rysel\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Van Rysel\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/FUSION_VAN-RYSEL_AIRBAG-crash-test_7.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe lightweight Airbag deploys in just milliseconds after detecting a crash. | Image: Van Rysel\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What you&#8217;re looking at is a new airbag system integrated directly into a &#8220;race-ready&#8221; skinsuit, not bolted on like other solutions. It was developed for road cyclists by Van Rysel, with the help of airbag technology specialist In&amp;motion. It&#8217;s currently being tested on pro riders ahead of a general consumer release sometime &#8220;within the next two years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Its development comes after the UCI, pro cycling&#8217;s governing body, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uci.org\/pressrelease\/safety-the-uci-launches-a-call-for-expressions-of-interest-for-the\/1olYsnhWH4AXfbn7mfWpOi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put out a call in February<\/a> seeking gear that could help protect riders traveling faster than ever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/airbag-slow-mo.gif?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The current version is in final validation ahead of potential race deployment. It has a total weight of about 700 grams (500 gr \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/911540\/a-sleek-wearable-airbag-for-cyclists-is-nearly-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lightweight Airbag deploys in just milliseconds after detecting a crash. | Image: Van Rysel What you&#8217;re looking at is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}