Bishop Curry V, a 10-year-old boy, has developed a device to help save kids from hot car deaths

Living here in Texas, I sometimes hear news of a child dying tragically in a hot car. This kind of news is incredibly heart wrenching, but Bishop Curry V, a 10-year-old boy from McKinney, Texas has invented a device that could potentially save children from such a tragedy. He had heard of a child’s death near his home and having a baby sister, was inspired to try to find a way to save lives. Bishop has named his device “Oasis” and has developed a 3D model of it thus far (the above photo shows Bishop holding the model; photo from Curiosity). The concept is that the Oasis will sit at the top of a car seat to “detect when a child has been left inside a hot vehicle and alert parents to the child’s situation. The device will also come with the technology to help cool down the child while he or she waits to be rescued” (from Bishop’s GoFundMe website). Bishop has already raised $48,000 of his $20,000 goal since January 2017 to develop the device. “ALL of the funds that you donate will go towards the attorney fees needed to finalize the patent, prototyping fees, and to help identify a manufacturer” (GoFundMe website). Bishop Curry V and his father, Bishop Curry IV, an engineer from Toyota’s American Headquarters in Plano, Texas, have presented the invention at an auto safety conference in Michigan (from nbcdfw.com). You rock Bishop! I can’t wait to see the Oasis in stores! Perhaps it should be preinstalled on all car seats…

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Bishop Curry V, a 10-year-old boy, has developed a device to help save kids from hot car deaths originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 30, 2017 at 8:26 am.

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Saddleback Leather backpack, TREBLAB J1 earbuds, 5 summer gadgets, and more – Weekly roundup

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Saddleback Leather backpack, TREBLAB J1 earbuds, 5 summer gadgets, and more – Weekly roundup originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 29, 2017 at 10:35 pm.

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Deal: 20% off Samsung SmartThings ends today!

Samsung SmartThings is having a sale until the end of the day, Saturday, July 29. They are offering 20% off the entire inventory at their online store. Head over to https://shop.smartthings.com/sale to take advantage of this offer to enhance your home with ZigBee, Z-wave and Wi-fi automation. The sale items include the SmartThings Lighting Kit, SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit and the Convenience and Entertainment Starter Bundle, as well as individual sensors, lamps and controls available on their site.  The kits include the SmartThnigs hub and a selection of sensors, lights and controls at bundle pricing and is a great way to break into home automation. The individual sensors include items by Samsung, Leviton, Sylvania, GE, Yale, and Aeotec.

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Deal: 20% off Samsung SmartThings ends today! originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 29, 2017 at 3:22 pm.

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Leatherman adds Watch to Tread, Tread LT

Leatherman has finally added a watch to the Tread Bracelet called the Tempo. It is a Swiss-made quartz movement with diver’s bezel, glow-in-the-dark hour markers and hands (stainless only), and a shock resistant sapphire crystal.  It is water resistant to 200m.  It will retail for $575 and be available in November.

Leatherman has also announced the Tread LT which is 20% narrower and 10% lighter than the original. The tools will be a 3/32″ Screwdriver, Cutting Hook, 6mm Hex Drive, 4mm Hex Drive, 8mm Box Wrench, #3 Square Drive, #1 Square Drive, Pozi-Driv #2 and 11mm Box Wrench. It is also TSA-friendly and comes in stainless steel and black.  Prices will start at $175. Visit Leatherman for more info.

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Leatherman adds Watch to Tread, Tread LT originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 29, 2017 at 8:00 am.

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Wallflower lets you know if you’ve left your stove on

Have you ever left the house and forgotten to turn a burner off on your stove? That’s not a trivial problem as every year many house fires originate with the stove. Wallflower is a smart device that will send an alert to your phone and will sound an audible alert when you’ve left the stove on for an extended period of time.

Currently only available for electric stoves, Wallflower is an easy to install module that plugs in between the stove and the wall outlet where the stove is currently connected.

An iOS or Android app on your mobile device pairs the adapter and has remote monitoring options as well as a geofencing feature that will alert you if you leave the house with the stove still turned on.

Be aware that the Wallflower module is designed only to let you know when a burner on your stove top has been left on. It will NOT turn the burner off for you and it does not monitor the oven.

Wallflower is priced at $169.00 and is available now. You can read more about it at wallflower.com

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Wallflower lets you know if you’ve left your stove on originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 28, 2017 at 10:00 am.

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