This 11-Year Old Genius Invented Device That Prevents Children From Dying In Hot Cars
Staff Writer
11-year old Bishop Curry, recently invented Oasis, a prototype device that is designed to prevent children from dying in hot cars. The device is attached to children’s car seats and once it senses that a child has been left behind in the seat, it will start to blow out cool air until the child is rescued.
The 5th grader from McKinney, Texas, was inspired to create the device, after Fern, a 6-month-old baby girl who had died in an overheated car. He was greatly affected by her death as he passed by her family’s house all the time on the way to school.
After doing some research, Curry found that hot car deaths of babies and pets are tragically common especially in the summer months. His idea was to make a car seat cover with three fans, but now he also wants to create a full car seat with the ability to link up with a vehicle’s air conditioning system and turn it on automatically. Since 1994, 804 children have died from heat-related illnesses in cars in the U.S., according to Kids and Cars, an advocacy center that studies the issue.
Having loved the idea, Curry’s father, an engineer at Toyota also named Bishop Curry immediately filed for a patent. But he also realized that they would need about $20,000 for development and manufacturing. So, together they launched a GoFundMe crowdfunding page that has already raised more than $48,500 – more than double what their initial goal was. They are using the funds towards the attorney fees that are needed for the provisional patent, the prototyping fees, and for locating a manufacturer that is capable of mass producing the device. Toyota was so impressed by Bishop’s idea that it sent him and his dad to Michigan for a safety conference.
The world would not be forgetting this black inventor very soon as his innovation will help save countless of lives of babies that are dying due to carelessness of the parents part.
SOURCE: https://temmybalogun.com/this-11-year-old-genius-invented-device-that-prevents-children-from-dying-in-hot-cars/
