Would You Monitor Your Baby With This High-Tech Onesie?
- Posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:56am by
Liz Klimas
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(Photo: Exmobaby)
New parents can be overprotective and concerned over their little ones well-being. It‘s hard to know exactly how that baby is feeling because he or she can’t explicitly tell you yet, aside from crying or laughing.
Sensor placement within Onesie. (Photo: Exmobaby)
But this new Onesie could change all that. Exmobaby, made by Exmovere Holdings based in Virginia, is designed for babies up to a year old and has sensors within the garment that measure ECG, skin temperature and movement. These measurements then are used to evaluate the baby’s behavioral and emotional changes.
The company calls Exmobaby ”baby’s first communication device.”
Slashgear reports that Exmobaby recently partnered with AT&T to allow parents to keep tabs on baby using their smartphones and tablets. The Exmobaby system also works with PCs.
The Onesie includes biosensors, a AAA-battery powered Zigbee transmitter pod and a USB Zigbee receiver dongle, according to the company’s website. The website goes on to state that the garment is not FDA approved yet, although it is in the evaluation process. Right now, Exmovere is seeking to refine the technology and is selling 1,000 kits that include the prototype, software and customer assistance. The standard kit costs $1,000 — includes one garment, transmitter and software — and the deluxe kit costs $2,500 and includes items in the standard kit in addition to a sample of each garment size. The company seems to be targeting pediatric specialists, non-profits and non-governmental agencies with the kits for now.
Naturally, there is a question about if the device is safe. The company states that choking hazards around the house are more dangerous than the wireless capability of the Onesie. Exmobaby is described as “insulated and designed to broadcast data, and hence radiate, minimally.” It says cell phones emit more radiation around a baby sleeping in Exmobaby.
The company makes it clear that if this device is collecting diagnostic information for medical purposes, it needs to be done under the supervision of a physician with parental consent.
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Mikev5
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 7:06pmWhen we start relying too heavy on gadgets to do our work for us especially kids I worry does that mean Mom can watch more TV be a parent just do the job, put down that darn cell phone being a parent is a full time job not a part time job.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 2:15pmThe government will mandate them .. BET these were made for STUPID parents who DON’T know their kids..
Report Post »shouldbcampin
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 8:55amThe only problem I could see is that babies grow so fast you would have t buy a new one too quickly. A lot of profit for the company.
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 1:12pmNah, they will put them on Velcro and transferable from one outfit to another as he grows up and then soon we will all be monitored and implanted with RFID chips so the government can monitor our every movement…..
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:29amOkay, now I’m pretty pissed off. This is almost the exact product that I designed and built for my senior project in college in ‘08. Same parameters monitored, same wireless protocol used, everything. Looks like I should have secured my patent….
Report Post »QuietTexan
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 2:35amSeems like a good idea to me, especially for those parents that have to leave their special needs child with a care-giver while at work. A camera can tell you where the baby is, what its visibly doing, but this could let you know if the baby is in distress. Of course you would trust your care-giver, but its better to verify.
Report Post »And for the squeamish, I cant see where this is really going to be used for many except special needs children. The ones where parents have real concerns and the baby requires 24 / 7 attention. Also with an infant every split second counts. Its crucial to the most correct information sooner, instead of guessing.
V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:58amHow do you think I felt when they stole my idea for a computer drawn on a piece of paper with an normal graphite pencil, which deposits layers of electrically conductive graphene as you write?
When do you think they’ll use my idea to make real talismans (Chinese “Fu”)?
Report Post »I am 'We the People
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 8:01pmI had this happen to me too. They stole an energy transmission technology from me and still haven’t even used it.
Report Post »Skee
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:04amIt’s missing a feature, GPS’
Report Post »Apperantly the misplacing of
children is reaching epidemic
numbers. Casey Anthony could
have used it and that mom supposedly
passed out drunk in the living room.
Lara
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:14amJust one more step closer to the chip in your hand or forhead.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:28amOh my Lord, you are such a moron. How is this any worse than a bedside monitor that you would be hooked up to while at the hospital? People like you are exactly the reason that non-religious people think that we’re all quacks.
Wife in the hospital being treated for cancer? Well, you can forget having access to all of that demonic medical information being displayed on the screen next to you, because that’s just one step closer to taking on the mark of the beast, right? RIGHT?
Idiot.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:41amabsolutely right, stop over reacting to this as if it were the Devil’s designs. I mean seriously, its not like they’re injecting it into the babies. Its no different than when parents put a little GPS device on there kid when they go to a theme park or mall or whatever so they don’t get lost or kidnapped. So hype down a little
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:00pmEw. That’s just gross and creepy. Tiny babies are very precocious, and a lot smarter than you think they are. They just can’t motivate their muscles the way older kids can. But they understand what’s going on around them. What are you going to do next, implant something under their skin like you did to your little fou-fou doggie? Ugh.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:37pm5 will get you 10, that this device is found to cause cancer in after a few years if worn regularly.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:32amNo, I‘m likely far more familiar with this technology than anyone else here and I can assure you that it’s perfectly safe.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:34amYeah, gross and creepy just like the device that your baby would be hooked up to while in NICU that does the EXACT SAME THING.
This is good technology.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 10:58pmI think this, in most cases is a little over the top, but for some parents, this is a good thing.
Today is the one year anniversary of my child being called back home by God. SIDS was the excuse, it was a version that extended past the one year definition, she was almost 2 at the time… She was never sick, but just never made it through the night. She never made a sound that night.
Several months later, our second child was born, 6 weeks early, and he stayed at a children’s hospital for one month until he was finally ready to come to our home. He was sent with a monitor, and we have had him on it every night ever since. This monitor is nothing big, but our insurance is charged 6K every month for this thing, and since we have met our deductible a long time ago, are out nothing else. Of course the insurance company is ready to have us off the monitor, but this invention would be a huge step in helping parents like me.
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 10:36pmare listening
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 10:11pmBabies and batteries don’t mix… Babies tend to, uhm, leak.
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 10:34pmLOL It is sick and twisted! Even the baby monitors turn me off. Baby’s cries can be heard if mom or dad is listening. God’s way to let you know they are in need.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 6:15amThis thing doesn’t run more than a few volts max. Leakage is no problem. Even worst case scenario the baby wouldn’t even be able to feel it.
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