{"id":237,"date":"2013-03-12T11:55:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2013-03-19T19:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T02:41:21","slug":"automatic-your-car-and-smartphone-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Automatic – Your Car and Smartphone, Connected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automatic is a fantastic examples of “Never Enter Data” and “Just Do it For Me” design principles.\u00a0The\u00a0Automatic Link<\/em>\u00a0talks to your car’s onboard computer and uses your smartphone’s GPS and data plan to upgrade your car’s capabilities. It works with just about any car sold in the United States since 1996.<\/p>\n

They market the product:<\/p>\n

Easy Install, No Tools Required<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Automatic Link<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>plugs into the same port your mechanic uses when you take your car in for service. It’s easily accessible near the steering wheel.\u00a0The\u00a0Automatic Link<\/em>\u00a0talks to your car’s onboard computer and uses your smartphone’s GPS and data plan to upgrade your car’s capabilities. It works with just about any car sold in the United States since 1996.\u00a0The\u00a0Automatic Link<\/em>\u00a0plugs into the same port your mechanic uses when you take your car in for service. It’s easily accessible near the steering wheel.\u00a0Using Bluetooth 4.0 technology and sophisticated energy-saving algorithms, the\u00a0Automatic Link\u00a0<\/em>minimizes your phone’s battery consumption.<\/p>\n

Drive Smarter, Save Big<\/h3>\n

Automatic<\/em>\u00a0helps you make small changes in your driving habits that can lead to huge savings on gas over time.<\/p>\n

Driving Feedback<\/h3>\n

Automatic<\/em>\u00a0learns about your driving style and gives you subtle audio cues when you do things that waste gas, like:<\/p>\n

Rough Braking<\/strong>
\nBraking abruptly decreases fuel efficiency and dramatically increases wear-and-tear on your car\u2019s brake pads.<\/p>\n

Speeding<\/strong>
\nSpeeding doesn’t save as much time as you might think, but driving 10 MPH over the speed limit reduces fuel efficiency by 12-15%.<\/p>\n

Rapid Acceleration<\/strong>
\nStepping hard on the gas pedal decreases fuel efficiency and wastes money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Automatic is a fantastic examples of “Never Enter Data” and “Just Do it For Me” design principles.\u00a0The\u00a0Automatic Link\u00a0talks to your car’s onboard computer and uses your smartphone’s GPS and data plan to upgrade your car’s capabilities. It works with just about any car sold in the United States since 1996….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-gallery","6":"category-design","7":"category-natural-user-interface","8":"post_format-post-format-gallery"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iJZ9-3P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}