High-tech baby clothes send info about your baby to your Smartphone or Tablet

[garyopa]

This tech needs to be implemented on games too!



These high-tech pyjamas monitor your baby heart beat, temperature and movement, and transmits the information to a computer, smartphone or tablet.

Looks like, baby monitors have gone high-tech.

These new digital pyjamas, called Exmobaby, will be launched later this year and have embedded sensors and a AAA-battery powered wireless transmitter that beams information to a computer, or a Android/iOS smartphone or tablet.

The manufacturer claims the product can perform electrocardiogram tests to measure electrical activity in the heart, monitor skin temperature and movement, and detect mood changes.

Expected to be available sometime after October, a starter kit with four outfits is to sell for $149, plus a $9.99 monthly service plan.

Rogers will be the exclusive provider of wireless service for Exmobaby in Canada and will also use some of its media properties to market the product, said Mansell Nelson, vice president of the company’s machine-to-machine division.

As a father of two older kids, he can imagine how useful the product might be for today’s parents.

“It’s the notion of peace of mind. I know there was a debate even with my kids if they should be on their tummy or their backs and all that stuff and if the child turns over now, you get a beep on your smartphone,” Nelson says.

“You don’t have to wake up every few hours and go and check.”

Now, I'm sure this kind of technology could potentially be used in gaming devices, just like Microsoft, who wants to launch a heart rate monitor accessory for all Kinect games., or the never released Wii Vitality Sensor.

Bio feedback integrated into gaming controllers? Yes please!

NEWS SOURCE: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05...ture-movement/

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news story!

[billysastard]

not sure i'd want any AAA batteries anywhere near a baby let alone wired to it.

[wewii]

“You don’t have to wake up every few hours and go and check.”

Why would you need a cellular data plan for that? Your baby doesn't need to be hooked up to the internet, broadcasting his/her private vitals to anyone with backdoor access.

Bluetooth should be more than enough.

Secondly, how could a responsible parent ever expose their child to constant cellular radiation. Especially a young developing brain.

This service is insane.

[garyopa]

Why would you need a cellular data plan for that? Your baby doesn't need to be hook up to the internet, broadcasting his/her private vitals to anyone with backdoor access.

Bluetooth should be more than enough.

Secondly, how could a responsible parent ever expose their child to constant cellular radiation. Especially a young developing brain.

This service is insane.

Yeah crazy, it is designed i think for the one parent to spy on the child while they are away at work, not trusting the other parent or babysitter.