January 29, 2005
Turning your cell phone into a baby monitor
Interest in esoteric nursery gadgets is surging, fueled by the anxieties of increasingly older first-time moms and dads, report Cleveland's Plain Dealer.
Of the several innovative items mentioned - Like the "Original Slumber Bear", which plays recorded womb sounds and the "Cry Analyzer said to interpret an inconsolable infant's howls - this one caught my eye:
"BabyCare, by Polish company Psiloc Mobile Solutions, is a $19 software package that can turn some programmable cell phones into baby monitors.
Just put the cell phone in the baby's room and when it detects a set noise level, it rings a preprogrammed number and lets a parent listen in and speak to the baby. Parents also can call BabyCare-equipped phones and silently listen in to the nursery."
It reminds me of the Mobile Baby Toy - which can turn your mobile phone into amazing developmental toy, with which your baby can play alone, or with you.
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