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10-Year-Old Boy Invents A Genius Device To Stop Children Dying In Hot Cars After His Neighbor’s Death
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According to statistics, since 1998 around 712 children are thought to have died from heatstroke in the US alone after being left in hot vehicles. But thanks to one bright 10-year-old boy called Bishop Curry from McKinney, Texas, tragic and preventable deaths like these could soon be a thing of the past.
The fifth grader has invented something called the Oasis, a clever little gadget that monitors the temperature inside the car. Once it gets to a certain level, the device emits cool air while simultaneously alerting parents and authorities via an antenna. The idea for the Oasis came to Bishop after he learned that his neighbour’s 6-month-old infant had died from being in an overheated car, and although he only has a 3-D clay model of the device at the moment, he and his father have so far managed to raise over $24,000 for their invention on GoFundMe. The money will go towards manufacturing the device as well as securing the patent for it, so if you haven’t already, head on over to their fundraising page and help to bring this brilliant project to life.
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Since 1998 around 712 children have died in the US alone after being left in hot vehicles
One of them, sadly, was a 6-month-old infant who lived next door to 10-year-old Bishop Curry
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After learning about it, the boy decided he could prevent this, and created a device called Oasis
The Oasis monitors the temperature of the car and emits cool air when the vehicle gets too hot
The clever device will also use an antenna to alert parents and authorities
So far they’ve managed to raise over $24,000 on GoFundMe, with money going towards securing a patent as well as manufacturing the device
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Captain Planet 7 years ago
The problem is bad parenting.... You can never substitute that with a tool.
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
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)
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Mike Greco 7 years ago
Sorry...that's a dumb comment / argument to make. You don't leave your kids locked in a car on a hot day. And that's that.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
if you leave your baby in a car, you shouldn't be a parent. period. stop making excuses for your stupid a*s.
Meggan Oirech 7 years ago
Good parents make mistakes/ but they do not leave their children in cars..... thats just out of the question
Viktoria Vida 7 years ago
Sorry Michelle, but even if you exhausted, even if you had an argument and never, never!!!! Drive after a night of heavy drinking, you just don't forget a kid in the car. As I don't forget to feed my dog and cat even when I have the worst hangover, you just don't forget about a kid. It's not like an item what you have forgotten to buy " oops I didn't buy the yogurt, doesn't matter ". It's a kid, a living thing and I can't see any good reason to leave a kid alone in a car ( not even at spring time). Ok the only good reason if you want to protect the kid but it's another topic
Jeanie Grove 7 years ago
You know What Michelle Bissenden That's an excuse!! I along with a lot of other parents whether tired or whatever excuse you can think of Don't & I repeat Don't leave a child in a hot vehicle for any reason! I'm sorry but it doesn't mean we are perfect but call it whatever you want, it means we have sense enough to know when we place a child in a vehicle!! Maybe you don't but I would never leave a child or pet in a vehicle alone for any reason!! I have raised 4 children & have grandchildren & great grandchildren I work 3 jobs & still never once left any children in a hot vehicle & it doesn't mean I'm perfect!! It means I care about my children & have sense enough to know leaving a child unattended in a vehicle is just plain stupid & I also have know when I put a child in the vehicle that guess what, I know the child is there. So for the excuses of I forgot the kid is there while you go shopping is exactly just that an EXCUSE!! Nothing to do with being perfect!!
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
We're perfectly aware that it's horrific and unthinkable. We're just not idiots who think they know it all and condemn all cases where children have died in cars as all being the same reason. You know, like you don't have one murder charge that covers all people who kill whether intentionally, by accident, in self defence, by negligence etc. it's called being s human being and not a flaming torch carrying Neanderthal. Round of applause for anyone who has never got into a car tired, upset, the morning after a nights drinking, following an argument with someone. Because you're all perfect.
Mary Paddock 7 years ago
And I love how about half the people commenting here aren't parents. I am a parent (all adults now) and I never did this either. But I understand exactly how it happens. Millions of parents across the country are taking steps to make sure this doesn't happen to them. This tells me that I am not alone.
Robin Huff 7 years ago
Amen. "Judge not..." I understand the anger and urge to condemn, but Empathy and horror are more appropriate, I think. That parent (in cases when it is a parent & child)--actually, anyone who has done such a terrible thing- as you said, will never be able to escape their grief and guilt. It is far better to grieve and try to prevent more instances than condemn and cry for death for punishment.
Octavia Barca 7 years ago
My own father used to work 3 jobs and got forgetful because of it. He took me to daycare one day but didn't actually take me out of the car. He thought he did though because it was part of his routine. He proceeded to drive to work with me in the back seat. He realised what he'd done, freaked out and looked in the back mirror to see me there and got in a wreck because of the distraction. Exhaustion is worse than being drunk. myth busters proved it.
Sandy Hayek 7 years ago
Leaving your baby in a hot car is NOT, I repeat NOT a "mistake", it is negligence and there is NO excuse for it!
Denise Briand 7 years ago
How do you forget your child?l? I have forgotten where I parked, or even what vehicle we drove. I have forgotten to pack extra diapers or to pick up milk. But not once did I ever forget that I had 1 or all 3 of the kids with me. Quite the contrary in fact. I once drove for over 150Km (94 miles) not only listening to, but singing along with, The Wiggles, Raphie, and the like before realising I was alone in the car.
James Stodola 7 years ago
Wow, what a dumb a*s. That statement is contradictory you idiot. If they are the best parents then they are not stupid enough to leave their child in a hot car...
Steve Rome 7 years ago
I'm sorry. This isn't your cell phone or your keys. I would have a better chance of forgetting to dress myself before going to work and showing up naked, then I would leaving my babies in the car.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Stijn, of course it DOESN'T solve the problem, but it tells you ow dumb you are.
Stille20 7 years ago
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.
Agnes Jekyll 7 years ago
Many of these cases are accidents. They absolutely destroy the lives of everyone involved.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 7 years ago
Olga, it's not an "accident" like accidentally kicking over a bucket. It's that the parents (not all, some are just plain idiots) are completely certain that they dropped the kid off in daycare, or are 100% certain that the kid was with the other parent. In that regard, it's "accident" in the same way that you 'forget' to close the door to the yard, or leave the stove on before going on Holiday. People are convinced that they locked it/switched it off. So for all the parents who had this happen, I feel deep regret. Of course they are to blame in the sense that there is really no-one else who is at fault. And those idiots that leave their kid in the car fully aware and go partying ... well. I just hope they won't reproduce again.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
how can you leave your baby anywhere by accident? are you kidding me?
Captain Planet 7 years ago
I'd say it's about as unintentional as me "accidentally" stabbing someone in the heart 4 times. Maybe we should make a tool that warns me after the second stab that she or he might die. Better safe than sorry right? See how stupid this sounds? You cannot blame everything on outside sources. There is a line where things are just plain YOUR responsibility. And leaving a kid in a car is definitely yours. If you can't do that you shouldn't get a child.
Meggan Oirech 7 years ago
lets see... if a person leaves their child in a car, they are not a responsible person.... so if they're not responsible, why would they then be responsible enough to purchase this device.... it will probably be added to every car as a saftey device, not bought individually.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Marlowe, I know, but I still can't grasp the fact that you can FORGET your child.
sedmidivka 7 years ago
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
Kristi Zoebelein 7 years ago
This is what happens in most cases here in the US, but as you can tell from several of these comments...so many people are quick to judge and label them "bad parents" who should have known better. The vast majority of these accidents happen when there is a change in the parent or child's schedule, for example one parent usually takes the child and for some reason the other parent has to when they're not used to. They just automatically drive to work like normal and get out without thinking, when you've driven the same way for 10 years it becomes habit..it's awful and terrible, but it happens.
sedmidivka 7 years ago
During his trial at court everybody was crying and the poor dad was just broken
sedmidivka 7 years ago
Maria and Sal, it seems you don't have eyes or something or you can't read. Both of your links are reffering to exactly the case I was talking about. AND I said nobody would have left the baby in a car BY CHOICE. And yes I was generalising the american people because I was schocked with realisation you have people there who are doing this by choice.
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
Thank you for not judging, but for knowing just one of the horrific stories behind one case. People like to judge and generalise without taking any time or effort to find out why.
Sal Silvio 7 years ago
Guess there is at least one. Nobody is perfect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3172178/I-killed-Devastated-father-collapses-realising-accidentally-left-two-year-old-daughter-die-car-went-work-scorching-day.html
Wendy 7 years ago
People (for the most part) do not leave their children in their cars on purpose. Typically what happens is the EXACT same scenario you described. What's the difference? It's hotter here. Much hotter. This probably happens in your country more than you realize, but given the temperature difference, there are no deaths, therefore no reports. Please stop acting like your compatriots are superior to Americans. When these things happen here, barring some insane lunatic, it absolutely destroys everyone.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Michelle, there's always an excuse. maybe a husband beat the s**t off his wife because he had a really rough day at work? maybe that guy stole the TV to get back at his boss? well, why would you penalise one thing and let the other one slide because "the parent was tired"? and please don't start with "it's not the same thing". yes, it is.
Mária Dusová 7 years ago
Oh really? https://dennikn.sk/599024/zabudnute-dieta-umrelo-v-rozpalenom-aute/
Sam Grimsley 7 years ago
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.
Mary Paddock 7 years ago
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.
Marzo Florida 7 years ago
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
Denise Foster 7 years ago
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.
Octavia Barca 7 years ago
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.
Jonathan Wilhelm 7 years ago
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.
DBGM 7 years ago
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.
Melodi Whitaker 7 years ago
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.
Judith Davidsen 7 years ago
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?
Tracy Emert 7 years ago
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.
Christina Lindsey Scott 2 years ago
Unless your God..Be careful what you say..Life has a funny way of paying back those who judge.
Angelika Nesper 7 years ago
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
Angelika Nesper 7 years ago
Why the **** was my comment posted a few times instead of once here?
Johana Murillo 7 years ago
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.
Darlene Pantaleo 7 years ago
It's not always a parent. Several children have died in the hands of caregivers who left them in the car or bus.
John L 7 years ago
Even if this doesn't work out well, I see better things down the road. He really is a genius. His home made trebuchet, and his mastery of English, at his young age, tend to set him apart.
Debbie Lyn Jones (Deb) 7 years ago
He has a good heart and means well. I hope he never stops caring to find ways to make our world better and safer.
Load More Replies... Judith Davidsen 7 years ago
Reading all this, I suddenly wonder why saving baby and pet lives has been left up to a ten year old, why no adult, no car company came up with this, no government legislated it be in every car. A million zillion cheers for Bishop Curry and may his name be molded onto every one of his devices and all those that spin off from it.
Klara Aurelis 7 years ago
Because you won't get adults to do anything but say “oh, it's those other adults' fault, they were idiots for leaving a kid in the car” as doing anything would be the same as admitting that a lot of adults are of sub-par common sense. A kid, on the other hand, doesn't have to give a damn about this. It's kind of sad, really.
Wendy Emlinger (ManyTotems) 7 years ago
Glad to see you spotted the trebuchet, too! This is one brilliant young man. May he live long and prosper.
Eugene Lyulka 7 years ago
Boy has perfect English because he is far from average Kenyan child, thanks to his well-being parents who can afford to buy latest Lexus RX for around 70k$ in country where GDP per capita is 3'304$.
Eugene Lyulka 7 years ago
Sorry, came here from FB. Don't know why i thought the boy is from Kenya
Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago
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the word genius keeps getting defined down
Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
Hmm, there's no information about how it would create cold air and something that small doesn't look like it could do that to any significant degree. It's a bit odd to report this without this important information.
Margaret Althea Elvenshadow 7 years ago
That's what I thought. Like, anyone can come up with an idea, but it takes a genius to make it WORK.
Karel Schmiedberger 7 years ago
Exactly! It just looks like a hollow plastic box. How this can cool some air or how it can attract somebody outside of car???
Curtis Williams 7 years ago
no s**t. See how the reporters kinda fought for the lead too? Made up ratings s**t
Jim Kowalski 7 years ago
NO ONE could make this thing shoot out cold air. Scientifically impossible. If they are raising money for this project it's a scam.
Christina Lindsey Scott 2 years ago
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 !!
James Dattolo 7 years ago
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.
Raphael Baker 7 years ago
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.
Captain Planet 7 years ago
The problem is bad parenting.... You can never substitute that with a tool.
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
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)
Load More Replies... Mike Greco 7 years ago
Sorry...that's a dumb comment / argument to make. You don't leave your kids locked in a car on a hot day. And that's that.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
if you leave your baby in a car, you shouldn't be a parent. period. stop making excuses for your stupid a*s.
Meggan Oirech 7 years ago
Good parents make mistakes/ but they do not leave their children in cars..... thats just out of the question
Viktoria Vida 7 years ago
Sorry Michelle, but even if you exhausted, even if you had an argument and never, never!!!! Drive after a night of heavy drinking, you just don't forget a kid in the car. As I don't forget to feed my dog and cat even when I have the worst hangover, you just don't forget about a kid. It's not like an item what you have forgotten to buy " oops I didn't buy the yogurt, doesn't matter ". It's a kid, a living thing and I can't see any good reason to leave a kid alone in a car ( not even at spring time). Ok the only good reason if you want to protect the kid but it's another topic
Jeanie Grove 7 years ago
You know What Michelle Bissenden That's an excuse!! I along with a lot of other parents whether tired or whatever excuse you can think of Don't & I repeat Don't leave a child in a hot vehicle for any reason! I'm sorry but it doesn't mean we are perfect but call it whatever you want, it means we have sense enough to know when we place a child in a vehicle!! Maybe you don't but I would never leave a child or pet in a vehicle alone for any reason!! I have raised 4 children & have grandchildren & great grandchildren I work 3 jobs & still never once left any children in a hot vehicle & it doesn't mean I'm perfect!! It means I care about my children & have sense enough to know leaving a child unattended in a vehicle is just plain stupid & I also have know when I put a child in the vehicle that guess what, I know the child is there. So for the excuses of I forgot the kid is there while you go shopping is exactly just that an EXCUSE!! Nothing to do with being perfect!!
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
We're perfectly aware that it's horrific and unthinkable. We're just not idiots who think they know it all and condemn all cases where children have died in cars as all being the same reason. You know, like you don't have one murder charge that covers all people who kill whether intentionally, by accident, in self defence, by negligence etc. it's called being s human being and not a flaming torch carrying Neanderthal. Round of applause for anyone who has never got into a car tired, upset, the morning after a nights drinking, following an argument with someone. Because you're all perfect.
Mary Paddock 7 years ago
And I love how about half the people commenting here aren't parents. I am a parent (all adults now) and I never did this either. But I understand exactly how it happens. Millions of parents across the country are taking steps to make sure this doesn't happen to them. This tells me that I am not alone.
Robin Huff 7 years ago
Amen. "Judge not..." I understand the anger and urge to condemn, but Empathy and horror are more appropriate, I think. That parent (in cases when it is a parent & child)--actually, anyone who has done such a terrible thing- as you said, will never be able to escape their grief and guilt. It is far better to grieve and try to prevent more instances than condemn and cry for death for punishment.
Octavia Barca 7 years ago
My own father used to work 3 jobs and got forgetful because of it. He took me to daycare one day but didn't actually take me out of the car. He thought he did though because it was part of his routine. He proceeded to drive to work with me in the back seat. He realised what he'd done, freaked out and looked in the back mirror to see me there and got in a wreck because of the distraction. Exhaustion is worse than being drunk. myth busters proved it.
Sandy Hayek 7 years ago
Leaving your baby in a hot car is NOT, I repeat NOT a "mistake", it is negligence and there is NO excuse for it!
Denise Briand 7 years ago
How do you forget your child?l? I have forgotten where I parked, or even what vehicle we drove. I have forgotten to pack extra diapers or to pick up milk. But not once did I ever forget that I had 1 or all 3 of the kids with me. Quite the contrary in fact. I once drove for over 150Km (94 miles) not only listening to, but singing along with, The Wiggles, Raphie, and the like before realising I was alone in the car.
James Stodola 7 years ago
Wow, what a dumb a*s. That statement is contradictory you idiot. If they are the best parents then they are not stupid enough to leave their child in a hot car...
Steve Rome 7 years ago
I'm sorry. This isn't your cell phone or your keys. I would have a better chance of forgetting to dress myself before going to work and showing up naked, then I would leaving my babies in the car.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Stijn, of course it DOESN'T solve the problem, but it tells you ow dumb you are.
Stille20 7 years ago
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.
Agnes Jekyll 7 years ago
Many of these cases are accidents. They absolutely destroy the lives of everyone involved.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 7 years ago
Olga, it's not an "accident" like accidentally kicking over a bucket. It's that the parents (not all, some are just plain idiots) are completely certain that they dropped the kid off in daycare, or are 100% certain that the kid was with the other parent. In that regard, it's "accident" in the same way that you 'forget' to close the door to the yard, or leave the stove on before going on Holiday. People are convinced that they locked it/switched it off. So for all the parents who had this happen, I feel deep regret. Of course they are to blame in the sense that there is really no-one else who is at fault. And those idiots that leave their kid in the car fully aware and go partying ... well. I just hope they won't reproduce again.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
how can you leave your baby anywhere by accident? are you kidding me?
Captain Planet 7 years ago
I'd say it's about as unintentional as me "accidentally" stabbing someone in the heart 4 times. Maybe we should make a tool that warns me after the second stab that she or he might die. Better safe than sorry right? See how stupid this sounds? You cannot blame everything on outside sources. There is a line where things are just plain YOUR responsibility. And leaving a kid in a car is definitely yours. If you can't do that you shouldn't get a child.
Meggan Oirech 7 years ago
lets see... if a person leaves their child in a car, they are not a responsible person.... so if they're not responsible, why would they then be responsible enough to purchase this device.... it will probably be added to every car as a saftey device, not bought individually.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Marlowe, I know, but I still can't grasp the fact that you can FORGET your child.
sedmidivka 7 years ago
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
Kristi Zoebelein 7 years ago
This is what happens in most cases here in the US, but as you can tell from several of these comments...so many people are quick to judge and label them "bad parents" who should have known better. The vast majority of these accidents happen when there is a change in the parent or child's schedule, for example one parent usually takes the child and for some reason the other parent has to when they're not used to. They just automatically drive to work like normal and get out without thinking, when you've driven the same way for 10 years it becomes habit..it's awful and terrible, but it happens.
sedmidivka 7 years ago
During his trial at court everybody was crying and the poor dad was just broken
sedmidivka 7 years ago
Maria and Sal, it seems you don't have eyes or something or you can't read. Both of your links are reffering to exactly the case I was talking about. AND I said nobody would have left the baby in a car BY CHOICE. And yes I was generalising the american people because I was schocked with realisation you have people there who are doing this by choice.
Michelle Bissenden 7 years ago
Thank you for not judging, but for knowing just one of the horrific stories behind one case. People like to judge and generalise without taking any time or effort to find out why.
Sal Silvio 7 years ago
Guess there is at least one. Nobody is perfect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3172178/I-killed-Devastated-father-collapses-realising-accidentally-left-two-year-old-daughter-die-car-went-work-scorching-day.html
Wendy 7 years ago
People (for the most part) do not leave their children in their cars on purpose. Typically what happens is the EXACT same scenario you described. What's the difference? It's hotter here. Much hotter. This probably happens in your country more than you realize, but given the temperature difference, there are no deaths, therefore no reports. Please stop acting like your compatriots are superior to Americans. When these things happen here, barring some insane lunatic, it absolutely destroys everyone.
Olga Śmiełowska 7 years ago
Michelle, there's always an excuse. maybe a husband beat the s**t off his wife because he had a really rough day at work? maybe that guy stole the TV to get back at his boss? well, why would you penalise one thing and let the other one slide because "the parent was tired"? and please don't start with "it's not the same thing". yes, it is.
Mária Dusová 7 years ago
Oh really? https://dennikn.sk/599024/zabudnute-dieta-umrelo-v-rozpalenom-aute/
Sam Grimsley 7 years ago
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.
Mary Paddock 7 years ago
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.
Marzo Florida 7 years ago
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
Denise Foster 7 years ago
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.
Octavia Barca 7 years ago
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.
Jonathan Wilhelm 7 years ago
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.
DBGM 7 years ago
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.
Melodi Whitaker 7 years ago
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.
Judith Davidsen 7 years ago
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?
Tracy Emert 7 years ago
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.
Christina Lindsey Scott 2 years ago
Unless your God..Be careful what you say..Life has a funny way of paying back those who judge.
Angelika Nesper 7 years ago
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
Angelika Nesper 7 years ago
Why the **** was my comment posted a few times instead of once here?
Johana Murillo 7 years ago
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.
Darlene Pantaleo 7 years ago
It's not always a parent. Several children have died in the hands of caregivers who left them in the car or bus.
John L 7 years ago
Even if this doesn't work out well, I see better things down the road. He really is a genius. His home made trebuchet, and his mastery of English, at his young age, tend to set him apart.
Debbie Lyn Jones (Deb) 7 years ago
He has a good heart and means well. I hope he never stops caring to find ways to make our world better and safer.
Load More Replies... Judith Davidsen 7 years ago
Reading all this, I suddenly wonder why saving baby and pet lives has been left up to a ten year old, why no adult, no car company came up with this, no government legislated it be in every car. A million zillion cheers for Bishop Curry and may his name be molded onto every one of his devices and all those that spin off from it.
Klara Aurelis 7 years ago
Because you won't get adults to do anything but say “oh, it's those other adults' fault, they were idiots for leaving a kid in the car” as doing anything would be the same as admitting that a lot of adults are of sub-par common sense. A kid, on the other hand, doesn't have to give a damn about this. It's kind of sad, really.
Wendy Emlinger (ManyTotems) 7 years ago
Glad to see you spotted the trebuchet, too! This is one brilliant young man. May he live long and prosper.
Eugene Lyulka 7 years ago
Boy has perfect English because he is far from average Kenyan child, thanks to his well-being parents who can afford to buy latest Lexus RX for around 70k$ in country where GDP per capita is 3'304$.
Eugene Lyulka 7 years ago
Sorry, came here from FB. Don't know why i thought the boy is from Kenya
Jonathan Eatsalot 7 years ago
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the word genius keeps getting defined down
Tiny Dynamine 7 years ago
Hmm, there's no information about how it would create cold air and something that small doesn't look like it could do that to any significant degree. It's a bit odd to report this without this important information.
Margaret Althea Elvenshadow 7 years ago
That's what I thought. Like, anyone can come up with an idea, but it takes a genius to make it WORK.
Karel Schmiedberger 7 years ago
Exactly! It just looks like a hollow plastic box. How this can cool some air or how it can attract somebody outside of car???
Curtis Williams 7 years ago
no s**t. See how the reporters kinda fought for the lead too? Made up ratings s**t
Jim Kowalski 7 years ago
NO ONE could make this thing shoot out cold air. Scientifically impossible. If they are raising money for this project it's a scam.
Christina Lindsey Scott 2 years ago
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 !!
James Dattolo 7 years ago
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.
Raphael Baker 7 years ago
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.
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