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12-YearOld Girl Wins $20K After Creating Car Seat Device That Helps Prevent Hot Car Deaths
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:13 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:13 am
What a great achievement!!
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Definitely not what I was thinking when I was 12 years old
Kudos to this lil champ.....$40 price point is perfect and this will surely save lives.
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Lydia Denton might be young, but that's not stopping her from saving lives and making an impact in the world.
The 12-year-old girl from North Carolina was recently named the winner of CITGO's Fueling Education Student Challenge, where she earned $20,000 after creating the winning invention of a car seat device that detects when babies have been left in a hot car and can prevent them from dying.
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"What I wanted was a device that had the ability to get 911 there to save the baby if a parent didn't respond," she shares. "I also wanted something everyone could afford."
A current student at a Title 1 school, Lydia notes that while most "new cars come with warnings and smart car seats," many of her friends and family "don't have hundreds of dollars to buy a new car or a very expensive car seat."
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"Also, babies grow!" she adds. "I wanted it to be a portable thing that you could move from one car seat to the next and keep using."
After much thought, Lydia created the first prototype of her invention, Beat The Heat Car Seat. The device works through a pressure pad under the car seat cover, which can sense weight over 5 lbs. When a baby is in the seat, the system starts itself up and monitors the temperature.
If the temperature reaches above 102 degrees, the seat will set off an alarm along with a warning on the LCD display. A text will also be sent to the parent's phone. If the parent does not reset the button within 60 seconds, a message is sent to 911 with the built-in GPS chip, called an Arduino, sending the car's location to emergency services.
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Definitely not what I was thinking when I was 12 years old
Kudos to this lil champ.....$40 price point is perfect and this will surely save lives.
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 8:15 am
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Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:16 am to Bamboozles
She only gets $20k? Got screwed
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:16 am to Bamboozles
I put a watermelon in the car seat so it wouldn’t roll around and it called 911 and the cops came and shot out my window
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:16 am to Bamboozles
Let's see at 12 I was thinking about boobies.
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 8:18 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:18 am to Bamboozles
Black families can’t afford it. #racist
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:20 am to Bamboozles
I've actually thought about this before. Her idea is great, but I don't know that many people will buy it simply because most people think to themselves "something like that would never happen to me."
The true money comes if you can integrate something like this into new car designs and then get laws passed requiring your device be included in all new cars.
The true money comes if you can integrate something like this into new car designs and then get laws passed requiring your device be included in all new cars.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:21 am to Bamboozles
Is it wrong that I thought of little Muhammad's clock when I saw that picture?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:24 am to Bamboozles
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If the temperature reaches above 102 degrees, the seat will set off an alarm along with a warning on the LCD display. A text will also be sent to the parent's phone. If the parent does not reset the button within 60 seconds, a message is sent to 911 with the built-in GPS chip, called an Arduino, sending the car's location to emergency services.
Brilliant. Simple and brilliant.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:25 am to Bamboozles
Good idea, but I see a lot of people throwing groceries in the car, forgetting about the sensor and it alerting 911. (I throw shite in my 3 yo car seat all the time if shes not riding with me)
How many false alarm messages does 911 get before they don’t even take it seriously?
How many false alarm messages does 911 get before they don’t even take it seriously?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:32 am to Bamboozles
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If the temperature reaches above 102 degrees, the seat will set off an alarm along with a warning on the LCD display. A text will also be sent to the parent's phone. If the parent does not reset the button within 60 seconds, a message is sent to 911 with the built-in GPS chip, called an Arduino, sending the car's location to emergency services.
Clearly needs an internet connection..... 40 bucks + monthly cost
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 8:33 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:32 am to Bamboozles
She better hurry up and slap a patent on that
Posted on 7/9/20 at 8:48 am to Bamboozles
Does anyone else find it appalling that this device would be needed? TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN!!!!
Posted on 7/9/20 at 9:07 am to Bamboozles
Parents should have gotten a patent attorney and filed for a provisional patent. Her idea, if determined to be an invention could be worth billions in sales.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 9:34 am to Bamboozles
We had a group do that in my senior design class in EE at MSU. Didnt alert cops but could send a text to up to 3 phone numbers. It was pretty cool.
This post was edited on 7/9/20 at 9:43 am
Posted on 7/9/20 at 9:41 am to Bamboozles
Wow, kid has a bright future. Look for her on Shark Tank soon.
I love the American entrepreneurial spirit especially in young people.
I love the American entrepreneurial spirit especially in young people.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 9:43 am to Bamboozles
What kind of absent-minded, irresponsible parent would spend $40 on a device that they shouldn’t need in the first place.
And if they are that stupid and forgetful, why would they purchase a device that could only get them in trouble?
The only way this works is by passing a referendum mandating parents to purchase and use appropriately.
And if they are that stupid and forgetful, why would they purchase a device that could only get them in trouble?
The only way this works is by passing a referendum mandating parents to purchase and use appropriately.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:02 am to Bamboozles
I would buy this right now. Not because I think I would ever do it but because you never know. Anything to keep my child safe.
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:03 am to Bamboozles
Good for her!!
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:05 am to Bamboozles
What happens when the police is defunded?
Posted on 7/9/20 at 10:48 am to Bamboozles
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What a great achievement!!
to her
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