10-Year-Old Boy Invents A Genius Device To Stop Children Dying In Hot Cars After His Neighbor’s Death

Even the best parents make mistakes. Ones they have to live with for a lifetime. There but for the grace of god go I (and I'm not religious)

Usually in these cases it is unintentional. Parents not having enough sleep, change in schedule (don't normally have the baby at that time) distracted by their other children... also judge all you want, but wouldn't it be better to have a safeguard rather than have a child die.

America is very strange country. At first I was shocked about your judgement of bad parenting. Than I have realised that it's probably common to leave a baby like this for some people in America. There is not one person in Slovakia who would have left a child in a car in hot weather alone willingly not for one minute. Two years ago one baby died left in the car for hours in the summer but it happened because of terrible accident and his father didn't have the slightest intention to leave the kid there (all the circumstances went together because he didn't usually take the kid to kindergarden and the baby was never behind the driver just that morning it happened in a way the baby was behind the driver it was sleeping they were all in a hurry and the poor father thought that the baby is safe in the kindergarden (yes your mind can do this to you when you are under stress). He is now dead he committed suicide because he just couldn't bear the guilt

Yes. Yet the baby does not deserve to die for it. If there is a device that helps - it is a good thing.

Whining about bad parenting isn't going to resolve the problem.

Okay even if it is bad parenting, shouldn't the life of the kid come first? So what if you never ever leave them in the car. Even on the slightest chance that someone did(since it obviously happens), it is in the best interest of the child, not the parents pride, to have the tool in there.

so we shouldnt even try?

The really frightening thing is that the very parents who swear this could never happen to them are in the greatest danger of making this terrible mistake.

That is true, but I would rather deal with the parent later and make sure that my child is safe. Id still buy this just because parents are humans too. They make mistakes

Actually, you should read up on the phenomenon. It's usually not "bad parents" who have this happen - it's parents who are sick, have a change in schedule, have had a change in routine, etc. The reptilian mind checks off that they dropped their kid off (or that their spouse did), and they inadvertantly forget that they need to do it, or they need to take a different route to work, or whatever. Seriously, if you have ever forgotten your cell phone, you could fall victim to this. Judge less, get educated more.

Not every situation like this happens due to forgetting the child. I had a co-worker who accidentally locked his keys inside with the baby. The a.c. was still on so no harm was done but he had to get a locksmith to get it open. Some babies have disorders with regulating temperature and can even pass away with the parent in the car. I knew a girl who was almost abducted after putting her baby in the back seat. The guy didn't see the baby and just wanted the mother but she was able to kick his @$$, if not her baby would've been left in the car alone. I feel like we should know the situation before we crucify the parent.

Enough already ! The story is about a 10 year old inventor ! The young man saw a Problem and without considering the Intelligent or Moral judgements​ of Adults came up with a solution. The kid is the story, not the Invention. Adults do dumb and Stupid things, get over it. Some people will leave the vehicle running, right or wrong, nice to know if engine quits and car/truck heats up or gets cold. This device, without the 911 alerts, can help you remember to put the windshield screen in when the cloudy morning turns sunny saving the things that melt. Or with a freeze alert ! There are many reasons to know inside vehicle temps besides Kids, Old Folks, or Pets. Service Drivers also have to sit and wait for others with the Engine Off. CA and NY states have Diesel idle laws that only care about pets, humans get to bake or freeze.

Yeah no. Six months of chronic lack of good sleep can *seriously* mess with your head. Most intelligence agencies around the world know that they can break someone in a little over a week by messing with their sleep and feeding schedules (affects hormone levels). Within a month, I could likely make you do, or fail to do, almost anything.

That is always true. A few years ago a dad left his baby in the car and it died. His wife usually took the child to daycare but that morning she couldn't, so she put the baby in his car for him to drop off. The baby was asleep, the dad drove to work on autopilot and completely forgot about the baby. Another Mom left her sleeping baby in the car seat while she carried in the groceries and while she was doing that the phone rang. She answered it and it was a friend in crisis and while she was on the phone she forgot the baby was in the car and just thought it was in the crib sleeping. Nobody is perfect and people make mistakes. I made plenty with my son, but by the luck of the draw nothing tragic happened. Yes, people who leave a child in the car so they can go party or shopping etc. ARE bad parents, but not every instance is intentional.

Of course it's bad parenting, but should we grudge those babies a device that could save their lives just because we don't like their parents?

So you suggest we do nothing and just let our planet's babies continue to die because of stupidity or forgetfulness? Ignoring the problem has NEVER fixed the problem. Your comment is so idiotic, I hope you NEVER have children under your care. If a "tool" can save JUST ONE LIFE, then it's a worthy tool for ALL to have. Please don't breed. Thank you.

Unless your God..Be careful what you say..Life has a funny way of paying back those who judge.

Have you ever forgot your cellphone or keys? Then you could also forget a child. You might want to read this. It explains a lot. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html?utm_term=.da7b0c20e8fe

We have to be aware of this, because this can be a sect or even worse a pyramid, what do I mean?, Well, there was a father here in Costa Rica who left his child inside the car, he "forgot" his own baby, and this unacceptable. Then, 3 years later he released a new car and bought a new house, so like we say here in Costa Rica he was "prized" for his "dirty job". So, thank you very much beautiful boy for make this invent, congratulations, and this can be helpul for the people who really forget their children but not the cell phone or the purse....or for those who just do it intentionally.

It's not always a parent. Several children have died in the hands of caregivers who left them in the car or bus.

No, but you can limit its effect.

Yeah I watched the video to try and see how this might work but zero info.

That's what I thought. Like, anyone can come up with an idea, but it takes a genius to make it WORK.

Exactly! It just looks like a hollow plastic box. How this can cool some air or how it can attract somebody outside of car???

no s**t. See how the reporters kinda fought for the lead too? Made up ratings s**t

Wondering if it's because they don't have a patent yet.

NO ONE could make this thing shoot out cold air. Scientifically impossible. If they are raising money for this project it's a scam.

If he showed you , you could steal it..And here in America there are plenty of theives!! Ask the Indians and indigenous people! The mothers phone alerted her. That's all I would have shown too. REALLY !!

Sounds like the kid should use the money raised to take some classes in Thermodynamics so he can learn that you can do is move heat around not destroy it. Even if you could put something like a Peltier device in there to get cold the other side is hot and it just dumps back into the car with additional heat from losses. It would be like trying to cool your house by leaving the refrigerator open :P Best you could do is sequester the heat in an insulated chamber but that isn't perfect and the heat would eventually leak out.

Only way for it to blow cool air is with a TEC which would explain why it needs to be plugged in to car lighter. TEC itself needs to be cooled so there would need to be a fan cooling the tec and the waste heat from the tec would be dumped into the car.

I got in the habit long ago of checking to ensure my car is in park, my lights are off and I check the back seats before I get out. 5/5 of my children survives. Now, this habit has me ready as I grow older, since I think my worst fear now is forgetting to put it in park and it rolling back and over someone. Oh and I have a new routine for starting to drive >> I not only check to ensure the way is clear - but I take a moment - breath and focus on the gas and the break. Basically, I slow my roll and give myself time to get ready. If I think I am going to run late > I call. Rushing can be what leads to deadly mistakes.

While I don't think it is an encouragement, or at least not intended at one, I don't think that will stop people of the kind who leave their children in the car already from treating it as one ... that is, assuming they will get the device instead of just assuming that they are the best parents ever and thus don't need one. Because seriously.

Actually, yes it does encourage leaving your child in the car. Google "moral hazard". Cute kid though. World needs more inventors like him.