BlueMaestro introduced the Pacif-i, a smart pacifier that allows parents to monitor their infant's health, at the Bluetooth Media and Demo Event for CES 2015.
The Pacif-i measures and communicates the infant's temperature to the parent's smartphone by using Bluetooth Low Energy. In fact, it also collects and plots the temperature data in a graph, which parents can then share with their healthcare professionals if they're concerned. Parents can also keep track of any medical information, such as when they last administered medication, as well as the type and dosage.
The smart pacifier comes equipped with a proximity sensor, alerting the parent to the child's whereabouts. If the child breaches the threshold of 20 meters, an alarm is activated.
Temperature-Tracking Soothers
The Smart Pacifier Lets Parents to Measure Their Baby's Temperature
Trend Themes
1. Smart Pacifiers - The development of smart pacifiers that can monitor a baby's health and send data to parents' smartphones presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in the baby care industry.
2. Bluetooth Health Monitoring - The use of Bluetooth technology to monitor and track health data, such as temperature, opens up possibilities for disruptive innovation in the healthcare industry.
3. Proximity Sensor Technology - The incorporation of proximity sensor technology into baby products, like pacifiers, creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in the child safety industry.
Industry Implications
1. Baby Care - The smart pacifier with temperature-tracking capabilities can disrupt the baby care industry by providing parents with real-time health data for their infants.
2. Healthcare - The integration of smart pacifiers that can monitor a baby's temperature and share data with healthcare professionals has the potential to disrupt the healthcare industry by improving early detection and monitoring of illnesses in infants.
3. Child Safety - The inclusion of proximity sensor technology in pacifiers allows for disruptive innovation in the child safety industry by providing parents with a reliable way to monitor their child's location and prevent accidents or abductions.