Parenthood is becoming an increasingly technical affair, it would seem. One (minor) technological revolution follows another, in ever more rapid succession—each designed to make it easier to monitor our children’s health. The latest is Teddy the Guardian.
Ana Burica and Josipa Majić are two young Croatian entrepreneurs. These two business students from the University of Zagreb launched their own innovative software that enables dermatologists to gather information about their patients and monitor their therapy in a new way. It was a major success. Their new project is Teddy The Guardian, a hand-made toy which can also help monitor the health of your baby and has its very own mobile app.
Withings got the ball rolling several years ago with its Smart Baby Monitor, and now the next round of products launching us into modern parenthood are here. Take Jerry, for example, the teddy bear who helps children with diabetes, or the smart diaper.
Where Jerry the Bear focuses on children with diabetes, cousin Teddy the Guardian must provide full coverage of its owner’s state of health. Whenever the child cuddles with Teddy the Guardian or places its paw on their forehead, the bear can measure temperature, heart rate and blood oxygen level.
Teddy is equipped with an Arduino board and a variety of sensors, which in turn synchronize with the companion app on your smartphone. The process essentially maintains a journal of your child’s health, in a way that’s much less distressing than a visit to the doctor—in fact, there’s no resemblance at all.
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