Saturday, December 20, 2025
ADVT 
Tech

Headband to save drowning kids

Darpan News Desk IANS, 03 Aug, 2014 08:06 AM
    A device is here to put your mind at ease while your kids play in or near water.
     
    The waterproof iSwimband alerts a parent on smartphone if a child accidentally falls in water.
     
    For swimmers, the device sits around the head and for non-swimmers, it could be worn on the wrist.
     
    "The $99 (Rs.6,000) 'iSwimband' is the world's first wearable sensor designed to alert you with an audible or visual alarm on your smartphone or tablet (and linked speakers) if a swimmer has been submerged dangerously long, or if your non-swimmer enters the water," the company said on its website.
     
    The bluetooth-enabled sensor in the iSwimband tracks when it comes in contact with water and sends an alert immediately to the parents.
     
    Parents can set the number of seconds underwater before an alarm sounds.
     
    For swimmers it could be up to 20 seconds and for non-swimmers, the alarm sounds as soon as it is submerged, media reports said.

    MORE Tech ARTICLES

    Get that grocery home by app? Amazon!

    Get that grocery home by app? Amazon!
    Tired of juggling to park your car as you approach the supermarket to finish weekend shopping for kitchen? Better download this app that would work as a virtual servant for you.

    Get that grocery home by app? Amazon!

    Watch live telecast from moon in 2015

    Watch live telecast from moon in 2015
    You may soon be able to watch live telecast from the moon, and closely see how it looks like from the surface that has fascinated young and old alike since ages.

    Watch live telecast from moon in 2015

    Happy birthday! Gmail turns 10

    Happy birthday! Gmail turns 10
    Your favourite webmail service Gmail has turned 10. Launched April 1, 2004, Google’s simple, user-friendly inbox today is an undisputed leader in email and related services.

    Happy birthday! Gmail turns 10

    Are you happily disgusted or sadly angry? Find out

    Are you happily disgusted or sadly angry? Find out
    What if your computer can distinguish even expressions for complex or seemingly contradictory emotions such as 'happily disgusted' or 'sadly angry'?

    Are you happily disgusted or sadly angry? Find out

    Why scholars don't trust social media?

    Why scholars don't trust social media?
    At a time when people from all walks of life are using various social media platforms to send their message across, the trend is just the opposite in case of university scholars.

    Why scholars don't trust social media?

    Indian scientist contests Big Bang `evidences'

    Indian scientist contests Big Bang `evidences'
    Indian astrophysicist Abhas Mitra, at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai, who had once challenged the Black Hole theory of Britain's famed Stephen Hawking is in the limelight again.

    Indian scientist contests Big Bang `evidences'