Smart Pacifier Helps Track Your Baby’s Health
While not usually considered haute couture, I guess you could call the ubiquitous pacifier our first fashion accessory. At CES this week Blue Maestro unveiled “My First” wearable device in the form of Pacifi, a smart pacifier. The silicone pacifier features an integrated thermometer and bluetooth transmitter. It connects to an app on your smartphone and monitors your baby’s temperature. The real time reading is shown on your phone and can be shared with a doctor. If your child is sick, the app can also remind you to administer medication. No one wants to lose a $39 pacifier (or the child attached to it), so the app also alerts you if you are more than 30 feet away from the device, stores its last known location, and can emit an alarm from the pacifier. Since oral temperature readings are not always the most accurate, Blue Maestro has allowed for Pacifi to be calibrated against a more accurate thermometer. Pacifi is classified as medical equipment and will go on sale following regulatory approval, which is expected in Europe shortly and during the first half of 2015 in the US.
