Who would have thought that QR codes will find a medical function in baby diapers? If fully developed and tested, these high tech diapers might be essential in preventing little ones from getting sick. Continue reading You can get a lot of information from one sampling of urine. That’s what the folks from Pixie Scientific think, because that’s the concept they’re working on with Smart Diapers.
Smart Diapers are exactly what they sound like. The “smart” part is because of the fact that the diaper tests the urine the baby passes on the diaper itself. Parents can then scan the QR code on the diaper to bring up a report about their child’s health. Of course, it shouldn’t substitute urine tests that hospitals run, though.
The Smart Diaper tracks changes in the baby’s urine, which can potentially provide information about signs of urinary tract infections, prolonged dehydration, or risks for kidney problems.
Pixie Scientific explains: “Smart Diapers alert you to certain conditions that require immediate attention and also track your child’s health for months or years, automatically looking for emerging trends.” They add: “By taking useful data from a wet Smart Diaper, we make use of something that would normally be thrown directly into the trash.”
The Smart Diaper is currently up for funding on Indiegogo.
[via C|NET]
You can get a lot of information from one sampling of urine. That’s what the folks from Pixie Scientific think, because that’s the concept they’re working on with Smart Diapers.
Smart Diapers are exactly what they sound like. The “smart” part is because of the fact that the diaper tests the urine the baby passes on the diaper itself. Parents can then scan the QR code on the diaper to bring up a report about their child’s health. Of course, it shouldn’t substitute urine tests that hospitals run, though.
The Smart Diaper tracks changes in the baby’s urine, which can potentially provide information about signs of urinary tract infections, prolonged dehydration, or risks for kidney problems.
Pixie Scientific explains: “Smart Diapers alert you to certain conditions that require immediate attention and also track your child’s health for months or years, automatically looking for emerging trends.” They add: “By taking useful data from a wet Smart Diaper, we make use of something that would normally be thrown directly into the trash.”
The Smart Diaper is currently up for funding on Indiegogo.
[via C|NET]
The world has certainly changed over the last few decades. It used to be the case that parents had to manually check if their babies had wet their diaper. Not anymore. Now there is a device that will tell you when your child needs to be changed. It’s calld TweetPee.
Developed by Ogilvy Brasil for Huggies brand diapers, TweetPee is a sensor that looks like a little blue Twitter bird. Just like the name implies, the bird alerts parents with a tweet or text message when their baby has peed.
It’s kind of funny watching the parent stick the little bird on their kid’s diaper in this video. The bird appears to be sweating and almost seems unwilling to serve as the town crier of urine.
[via Adweek via Laughing Squid]
Being a man, I’ve never been a stay-at-home mom. I imagine it can get pretty crazy, and at times boring and lonely. When the kids aren’t screaming and pooping all over the place, you are still cleaning up after all of that screaming and pooping. It’s enough to drive you crazy. It’s probably good to have a hobby. Like say, building AT-ATs out of diaper boxes.
That’s what stay-at-home mom, Kelly did in her spare time. She had a ton of Huggies boxes just laying around so she just did her amazingly crafty thang and whipped up this AT-AT that is super absorbent and stronger than the other leading brands.
From the looks of this thing, Kelly is super talented. I don’t remember my mom ever doing anything cool like that. While Kelly was creating this, her kids were probably in the corner throwing a (Boba) Fit… I hear you groaning.
[via Obvious Winner]