Presenting a new innovation or you can say a unique idea called Kickbee Tummy Tweeter. The gadget takes the would be Dad's, a step closer to their still to be born child.
We all have heard about the child kicking the mom's stomach many times a day and every time the child kicks, the mother would ask her husband to wait impatiently to feel the kick again and most of the time, it would be a loooong wait.
The same thing happened with
Corey Menscher and it is when he decided to use technology to know and feel the child's kick every time it happens and be part of the emotion that his wife is.
The philosophy behind the gadget:
Long commutes and longer workdays force many expecting parents to spend considerable time away from one another. Whether separated by hundreds of miles, or by a simple daily commute, the separation can be heart wrenching for the upcoming parents as they struggle to support one another for this major change in their lives. The Kickbee is intended to help bridge the physical gap between spouses by enabling pregnant mothers to share the experience of a baby kicking in the womb with the fathers...an event that is normally only experienced in close proximity through the touch of the father's hand to her belly.
The Kickbee is a stretchy band with vibration sensors covered by soft fabric. Baby’s movements are captured by a microcontroller in the Kickbee, which transmits the signals wirelessly to a computer program. The software then analyzes the movement to determine if it was a kick. Kicks can be shared on Twitter or as text messages via Twitter. The Kickbee is especially fun for data fiends who can use the tummy tweets for archiving or creating graphics. And won’t you be jealous if your tweeting fetus has more followers than you!
The Kickbee is part of a larger project Menscher is working on called the
Honeycomb, which aims to connect parents that are physically separated through many stages of babyhood. Also included in the project: The Burbee, a burp cloth that transmits the warmth of your little one to Dad through a special heater-equipped button down shirt that he wears.
Via:
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