An invention to save children

The person in the newspaper story (Osama Ismail) is a Syrian Ismaili working in the UAE.

A communications engineer for Abu Dhabi Police builds a monitor with several ‘life-saving’ features to prevent hot-car deaths among infants – but safety experts warn of the drawbacks of technology replacing old-fashioned parental responsibility.

ABU DHABI // It is a heartbreaking story every time. A parent parks and nips off on a quick errand, leaving a child alone in the car for what should be just a few minutes. Fate intervenes: the parent is held up, suffers a medical emergency, or is simply distracted.

Meanwhile, out in the sun the car is turning into an oven. After 10 minutes the air inside the vehicle is approaching an unbreathable 80°C and puts the child in danger.

More at the source: http://www.thenational.ae

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Author: ismailimail

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