11-year-old Texas boy invented a device to prevent hot car deaths

Wow!!! Incredible. Profoundly impacted by the death of a baby left in a car in his area, he immediately came up with a plan, sketched it out, and showed a very proud dad: "Young Bishop originally designed a fan that would automatically turn on when it detects the inside of a car has reached a certain temperature. The device would be placed on a headrest -- in the front or rear, depending on the age of the child and where their carseat is facing. "The device detects if vehicle comes to stop, using GPS technology," Curry explained. "It then detects if a child is in that car seat, and if the car is heating up. If all of those things are taking place it blows cold air on the child through an internal cooling system." But the sixth-grader didn't stop there. He also wanted to find a way to get the child rescued from the dangerous situation. So, he added Wi-Fi as well as GPS technology. If the fan is activated, a built-in antenna will then use the Wi-Fi to contact the child's parents. If they don't respond, it will alert local authorities. "It will provide the location of the child with the GPS," Curry added. With help from a GoFundMe campaign that has raised nearly $40,000 since it launched back in January, Bishop was able to get a provisional patent and build a 3-D model of the device. His dad, an engineer at Toyota, even pitched the idea to his company. The auto manufacturer was so impressed, they sent the boy and his dad to the Center for Child Injury Prevention Conference, where Bishop presented his idea to car seat manufacturers."
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11-year-old Texas boy invented a device to prevent hot car deaths
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He may be only 11 years old, but Bishop Curry is already working on a solution to a major problem plaguing the country: the tragic deaths of young children in hot cars. A year ago, the McKinney, Texas, boy saw a local ne...