12-year-old Invents Device That Helps Prevent Hot Car Deaths
A 12-year-old girl has invented a device that will prevent hot car deaths which won her a $20,000 prize in CITGO’s Fueling Education Student Challenge.
Lydia Denton wanted to do something about all of the babies that were dying from being left in hot cars, so she came up with a solution.
A device which can sense weight over 5 pounds which will then monitor the temperature. Once the temperature reaches 102 the seat sets off an alarm and displays a warning on the LCD monitor.
A text is sent to the parent’s phone, if no response within 60 seconds, 911 is messaged with a GPS locator that sends the address to emergency services.
Good Morning America reported that Denton will take her winnings and be “using part of it to continue to develop the Beat The Heat Seat with the hopes of getting it to the market.”
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