The 'BreathJunior' smart speaker system is an advanced baby-tracking solution for parents to integrate into their nursery that would help them to keep a closer eye on the health of their child. Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Washington, the system works by playing white noise and recording how the noise is reflected back to the unit. This will continuously detect for breathing and motion to keep parents in touch with children after being put down to sleep, while also soothing infants with white noise to help them rest more soundly.
The prototype 'BreathJunior' smart speaker system and the findings of the unit will be presented in Los Cabos, Mexico on October 22 at the MobiCom 2019 conference.
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Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Smart Speaker Baby Monitors
- Opportunity to develop more sophisticated monitoring systems that could track a range of variables beyond breathing and motion.
- White Noise Sleep Solutions
- Opportunity to develop personalized sleep sounds to soothe people of all ages to sleep and improve quality of rest.
- Health-tracking Devices for Infants
- Opportunity to expand health-tracking wearables for infants to more accurately track and monitor vitals.
Where This Applies
- Consumer Electronics
- Opportunity to innovate and expand on current smart speaker systems and other health-tracking devices for infants.
- Healthcare
- Opportunity to develop more advanced health-tracking devices for infants and integrate this technology into pediatric care.
- Sleep Products
- Opportunity to develop new products such as personalized sleep sounds for consumers of all ages, with the possibility to partner with smart speaker companies.
