Read the full article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ST. LOUIS • Two St. Louisans behind a new smartphone-enabled car seat monitoring system hope their invention prevents young children from dying in dangerously hot cars. Business partners Bob Steffen of Crestwood and Greg Schoenberg of Sunset Hills, both 50, invented a car seat monitoring system powered by … Read more
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St. Louis inventors offer car-seat monitor to prevent child deaths
June 22nd, 2013 | Posted by in Blog | Media & Press - (Comments Off)Monitor Alerts Parents If Kids Wiggle Out Of Car Seats
December 18th, 2011 | Posted by in Media & Press - (Comments Off)Concerned about whether or not your child is safely remaining in his or her car seat while you are on the road? Even though car seat monitors are not currently mandated by the Federal government, or installed as standard equipment in car seats or vehicles, two engineers have developed an inexpensive solution: the Cars-N-Kids Car … Read more
Seat monitor improves child car safety
November 26th, 2011 | Posted by in Media & Press - (Comments Off)Device notifies parent if toddler wiggles out of seat or is left in car after it stops moving Larry Edsall/ Special to The Detroit News Bobby Steffen recalls that his middle daughter — now 13 years old — had this habit of freeing herself from her car seat when she was little more than an … Read more
Study reveals children can undo carseat restraints
May 1st, 2011 | Posted by in Media & Press - (4 Comments)BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Children still too young to walk are finding ways to wriggle out of protective car restraints and are increasing their risk of serious injuries, a study shows. Researchers at Yale University’s School of Medicine found some children as young as 12 months can unbuckle their seatbelts. A majority of youngsters less … Read more
