Young Mexican Researchers Develop 3 Low-Cost, Life-Saving Devices Agencia EFE | |
go to original October 21, 2014 |
VERACRUZ, Mexico - Young Mexican researchers working at a government-run laboratory have developed three low-cost, life-saving technologies: a bracelet that monitors infants' vital signs, an electronic wristband that protects sunbathers from overexposure and a device that avoids auto accidents in the event the driver dozes off or suffers a heart attack.
...Jessica Hernandez, Noe Santos, Omar Barron, Alejandro Lagos and Ulises Carreto already have the final prototypes of B-Heart, a bracelet that measures infants' temperature, blood-oxygen levels, and heart rate and delivers that information to an Android or iOS mobile application.
If they can obtain the necessary financing, they plan to bring the bracelet to the market in eight months or less at a cost of 2,500 pesos (some $185).
...A second research team made up of Francisco Lagos, Alejandro Osorio Ramos and Daniel Alejandro Nieto came up with a wristband known as SunnyGo that measures the time of solar exposure and alerts sunbathers.
SunnyGo, is completely electronic, has a rechargeable battery and costs between 650 and 1,000 pesos ($48-$75), its designers say.
...The third device, developed by Amadeus Portes Martinez, Daniel Alvarez, Cesar Ivan Ramos and Javier Rayon, is a seat belt sleeve with sensors that alerts drivers and keeps them from falling asleep at the wheel.
While this device is already available for luxury auto brands such as Audi, the Mexican version is low cost and "can be used in any vehicle," Portes Martinez said, estimating its price at 2,500 pesos ($185).
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