Mimo onesie and "turtle" device
Last week, Boston-based Rest Devices, maker of a smart baby monitor attached to a onesie called Mimo launched a campaign on crowdfunding site Dragon Innovation. The baby monitor connects to a smartphone and tracks the baby's respiration, skin temperature, body position and activity level and offers an audio feed in real-time.
But this isn't even the first baby tracking device that has come out in the span of two weeks, let alone over the summer. Since June, various baby monitoring devices have entered the market. These products, while all smartphone connected, range from diapers to even a teddy bear.
Here's a roundup of this summer's baby tracking products that MobiHealthNews has found.
Mimo
Launched last week, Mimo has thus far raised $29,000 of its $200,000 goal and has 25 days left in the campaign. The early bird price for the wearable is $100.
Mimo is a system that starts with a tracking monitor in the shape of a turtle, which attaches to a white cotton onesie equipped with machine washable sensors. The team advertises the safety of the attachable turtle, which is too big to swallow, yet safe to chew. To upload information, the turtle can attach to its 'lilypad,' which has Bluetooth Smart connectivity.
With the data collected, the connected app can process and run long-term analytics about the baby’s sleep trends and development over time. The app also provides alerts to let the user know if there are changes in breathing patterns, body position, temperature levels, or whether the baby wakes up.
The Mimo app will be available for both iPhone and Android.
Owlet Baby Care
This wearable device launched in late August and also tracks a baby's oxygen, heart rate, sleep, temperature and rollover alerts. Owlet is a sock with a pulse oximeter to measure heart rate and oxygen levels. It is hypoallergenic, connects via Bluetooth Smart and doesn't use adhesives. For phones without Bluetooth Smart, the sock also comes with a USB plug-in.
The connected app, like Mimo, provides a graphical representation of the data that the wearable device recorded. Owlet's companion app is available on iOS and Android.
Owlet's funding campaign, that the company ran on their own website, reached their goal and currently has 15 days left. The early bird special offers the sock for $159 although eventually the device will cost $199.
Teddy the Guardian
In July, Croatia-based iDerma launched Teddy the Guardian, a handmade organic teddy bear with sensors that will monitor a child's health. The bear tracks a child's pulse, blood pressure, body temperature and oxygen saturation when the child puts his or her finger into the bear's paw and then sends the information to a companion app on the parent's phone.
For $69, parents can preorder the bear online. iDerma also offers kids the chance to draw a picture of a bear that their parents can email with the order, which the company will then replicate with the integrated sensors.
Smart Diapers
A few weeks before the launch of Teddy the Guardian, Pixie Scientific announced urine-tracking Smart Diapers. The diapers have a code on the bottom that will change colors after the baby pees. From there, parents need to scan the diaper with a companion app to log the information. While Smart Diapers tests for urinary tract infection, prolonged dehydration and developing kidney problems, it will also look for health patterns that will be visible after a few months of tracking. The website emphasizes that the product "is not to create another quantified self gadget, but to create a product that is unobtrusive in your daily life and only speaks up when there is reason to see a pediatrician or a specialist."
To fund the campaign, Pixie Scientific just launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in order to begin manufacturing its product, conducting its first performance study and securing the FDA registration process. The campaign raised $21,000 of its $25,000 goal.
Tweet Pee
Another wearable diaper was announced in May. Huggies in Brazil's TweetPee is the diaper that will send tweets from a clip-on monitor to the companion app when it senses humidity so that parents will know when to change their baby’s diaper. The app also helps reminds parents when to buy more diapers. The product is currently just being tested and is expected to launch sometime this month. At the same time of the launch, Huggies will highlight the experiences of 10 moms and dads who use the app.
