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The new system will help absent-minded parents remember not to leave their child in their car. It will include a pad that will slip into the child's safety seat and an alarm unit that will fit on a key ring. The system will activate when the child in placed in the safety seat, and will sound an alarm if the caregiver walks more than 15 feet from the occupied safety seat. It is supposed that the system will significantly reduce the actual, though slight, chance of a sleeping...
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Julia
 
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A musical pacifier will be designed to help premature babies learn to suck properly. The pacifier will use musical reinforcement therapy to stimulate non-nutritive sucking, which will be an important skill in newborns. Featuring a pressure transducer system wired to play gentle music when the baby is sucking on it correctly, the pacifier will take advantage of an infant's natural love of music and encourages the baby to continue the sucking motion. Many premature babies lack...
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Julia
 
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12/05/2011
The idea is to create a new wireless infant monitor to let parents keep tabs on their baby with their iPhone. The kit will include a full color video camera, integrated microphone and Wi-Fi access. The specially created Smart Filter will reduce background noise and the Constant-Command technology will alert the user if they lose connection. The monitor could also be used with infrared night vision.
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Samanta707
 
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The idea is to develop a computer system that could help to reduce the amount of infant deaths due to SIDS. The system will consist of a standard video camera and computer that will run special software. The camera will monitor the baby's skin tone, which changes color when heart rate decreases suddenly, and an algorithm in the software will estimate the baby's pulse. If the pulse slows down dramatically, an alarm will sound and wake up both the baby and the parents. A sudden...
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Milana
 
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04/05/2011
A reusable and inexpensive baby wrap incubator could help save the lives of premature babies born in impoverished nations. The warmer is consists of a wax filled pouch equipped with a heating unit. The heated pouch is placed in the wrap, where it can keep the infant warm for at least 4 hours.