So when we are not beside our baby or simply doing household tasks at the other part of the house, we put in baby monitors, such as angelcare video monitor.The baby monitors are sound and motion sensitive so we can be aware of what our baby is doing when he (or she) is all alone. With this type of monitor, we will be able to know if the baby needs to be attended to.There is never enough security when it comes to our little ones.
Babies are fragile, very gentle, curious, and are the most adorable little creatures ever. Everyone loves babies.Babies are supposed to be protected and taken cared of. And childproofing your house is one of the best ways to ensure safety and protection for your baby. We hire professionals just to childproof our houses. But no matter how we prepare, we can never always be there for our baby.Now that you have child proof your home, you can do routine works while still keeping your baby in check. Baby monitors are great companions for you and your baby.
You can also rest well and so as your baby in their own beds with the baby monitor. This prevents sudden infant death syndrome. Sometimes, letting our babies sleep in our beds suffocates them. Certain sleeping positions also increase the risk of sudden death infant syndrome.Since baby angelcare video monitor allows us to see our baby with the monitor pad, we can also look and be aware of our baby's position and prevent sudden death. This unit has a bulit-in infrared night vision camera, so even if it is dark, you can keep an eye on your baby while sleeping.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Best Baby Monitor Review Awards for 2012 Announced
Baby product review website BabyGearLab.com announced today the results of its 2012 Editors' Choice awards for baby monitors. The winner was selected from a field of 14 top rated baby monitors, all of which were subjected to rigorous testing covering the following categories: unobstructed range test, indoor multi-wall range test, interference test, sound clarity, ease-of-use, and features. The testing, which was conducted in a controlled environment and utilized industrial sound monitors, identified the best baby monitor overall, the best for sound-monitor only, and the best value in a baby monitor.
Editors' Choice Award for Best Baby Monitor Overall - Angelcare Deluxe Movement and Sound. According to RJ Spurrier, BabyGearLab Review Editor, "the Angelcare Deluxe costs more than a typical baby monitor, Video Baby Monitors Recall but it's worth it. It outperformed all of the other monitors that we tested on range, proved highly resistant to interference, and includes a very unique movement detection feature. It was our favorite monitor and the one we use ourselves."
Best Value Award Baby Monitor -Sony BabyCall 900Mhz. According to Spurrier, "Coming in at less the $40 street price, the Sony BabyCall offers a great combination of features, range, and ease-of-use. It was the easiest to use monitor we tested, and we rated the sound clarity on par with monitors costing more than twice as much."Top Pick Award for Best Sound Baby Monitor - Philips AVENT DECT Baby Monitor. According to Spurrier, "No other monitor could match the Philips AVENT DECT baby monitor when it comes to sound clarity, range, ability to avoid interference, and ease of use. The Philips AVENT DECT was the top scoring monitor across our full range of tests, and it earned our Top Pick award."
Editors' Choice Award for Best Baby Monitor Overall - Angelcare Deluxe Movement and Sound. According to RJ Spurrier, BabyGearLab Review Editor, "the Angelcare Deluxe costs more than a typical baby monitor, Video Baby Monitors Recall but it's worth it. It outperformed all of the other monitors that we tested on range, proved highly resistant to interference, and includes a very unique movement detection feature. It was our favorite monitor and the one we use ourselves."
Best Value Award Baby Monitor -Sony BabyCall 900Mhz. According to Spurrier, "Coming in at less the $40 street price, the Sony BabyCall offers a great combination of features, range, and ease-of-use. It was the easiest to use monitor we tested, and we rated the sound clarity on par with monitors costing more than twice as much."Top Pick Award for Best Sound Baby Monitor - Philips AVENT DECT Baby Monitor. According to Spurrier, "No other monitor could match the Philips AVENT DECT baby monitor when it comes to sound clarity, range, ability to avoid interference, and ease of use. The Philips AVENT DECT was the top scoring monitor across our full range of tests, and it earned our Top Pick award."
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Video Baby Monitors Recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Summer Infant Inc. announced a voluntary recall to provide new on-product label and instructions for about 1.7 million video baby monitors with electrical cords. The cords can present a strangulation risk if if placed within three feet of the crib. Summer Infant is also offering additional wall-mounting security clips for the cords in the event that the original ones were thrown away or are missing. This is not a recall, but a consumer safety alert.
The recalled baby monitors reviews were distributed between January 2003 and February 2011. They were sold at major retailers, mass merchandisers, and juvenile products stores nationwide. The product was manufactured in China.In an effort to prevent any further fatalities, Summer Infant will include additional information and warnings on their baby monitor products. In response to the deaths, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission has put together an informative Infants Can Strangle in Baby Monitor Cords Safety Alert brochure.
Mark Bello has thirty-three years experience as a trial lawyer and twelve years as an underwriter and situational analyst in the lawsuit funding industry. He is the owner and founder of Lawsuit Financial Corporation which helps provide legal finance cash flow solutions and consulting when necessities of life litigation funding is needed by plaintiffs involved in pending, personal injury litigation.
The recalled baby monitors reviews were distributed between January 2003 and February 2011. They were sold at major retailers, mass merchandisers, and juvenile products stores nationwide. The product was manufactured in China.In an effort to prevent any further fatalities, Summer Infant will include additional information and warnings on their baby monitor products. In response to the deaths, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission has put together an informative Infants Can Strangle in Baby Monitor Cords Safety Alert brochure.
Mark Bello has thirty-three years experience as a trial lawyer and twelve years as an underwriter and situational analyst in the lawsuit funding industry. He is the owner and founder of Lawsuit Financial Corporation which helps provide legal finance cash flow solutions and consulting when necessities of life litigation funding is needed by plaintiffs involved in pending, personal injury litigation.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Organized Retail Crime
Who would have thought a product as innocuous as Tide laundry detergent would be so popular among the criminal element? But when police in suburban Washington raided the home of a suspected drug dealer last fall, they found nearly 20 large bottles of the liquid laundry detergent right next to all the cocaine. And it turns out that people were actually using the $20-plus bottles to pay for the illegal drugs…and the dealer was glad to take them as payment.
Enter the world of Organized Retail Crime (ORC), where one day the target is laundry detergent and the next day the target might be infant formula, and the next potentially razorblades. It's enough to give today's retail security and loss prevention professionals a migraine.The media firestorm surrounding the “grime wave” of ORC and widespread Tide laundry detergent theft has all but run its course; however, retailers and loss prevention (LP) managers are far from washing their hands clean of the multi-billion dollar ORC problem.
In its wake, the LP industry has been left to focus on what might be next in the way of targeted goods and ORC plots. Staying on top of these trends poses a great challenge to LP professionals.Diamond sells for $9.7 million at Swiss auction.What can be learned in the wake of the grime wave? What steps can retailers and LP managers take to respond to emerging threats, while at the same time putting preventive measures in place to deter thieves? Here are some suggestions that can help us learn from these experiences and respond more effectively.
Enter the world of Organized Retail Crime (ORC), where one day the target is laundry detergent and the next day the target might be infant formula, and the next potentially razorblades. It's enough to give today's retail security and loss prevention professionals a migraine.The media firestorm surrounding the “grime wave” of ORC and widespread Tide laundry detergent theft has all but run its course; however, retailers and loss prevention (LP) managers are far from washing their hands clean of the multi-billion dollar ORC problem.
In its wake, the LP industry has been left to focus on what might be next in the way of targeted goods and ORC plots. Staying on top of these trends poses a great challenge to LP professionals.Diamond sells for $9.7 million at Swiss auction.What can be learned in the wake of the grime wave? What steps can retailers and LP managers take to respond to emerging threats, while at the same time putting preventive measures in place to deter thieves? Here are some suggestions that can help us learn from these experiences and respond more effectively.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Diamond sells for $9.7 million at Swiss auction
Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby's auction.The spring auction season for jewelry and watches is upon Geneva, where elegant lakefront hotels fill with well-heeled buyers and bidders in a scene far removed from the debate over European austerity.Five bidders fueled the price on Tuesday at the Sotheby's sale for the Beau Sancy, a 34.98 carat diamond that had passed among the royal families in France, England, Prussia and the Netherlands. It was sold by the Royal House of Prussia, the line of descendants that once ruled Prussia.
Another historical item, the Murat Tiara, sold for $3.87 million. The pearl-and-diamond tiara was created for the marriage of a prince whose ancestors included the husband of Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister.A diamond brooch known as the "Bonnie Prince Charlie" sold for $968,085. The brooch features a yellow diamond once owned by Charles Edward Stuart, whose attempt to regain the British crown led to the Battle of Culloden in 1745.
At a Christie's auction Monday to benefit 32 charities favored by the Lily Safra Foundation, Safra's donated jewelry fetched nearly $38 million in sales — almost double what was expected.The most expensive item there was a 32.08-carat Burmese ruby and diamond ring that sold for $6.7 million, a world record price for a ruby sold at auction. Eighteen jewels by the designer JAR collectively brought in $11.4 million.After the auction, the billionaire Lily Safra beamed as she won a standing ovation from the buyers and bidders she had come to thank.
Another historical item, the Murat Tiara, sold for $3.87 million. The pearl-and-diamond tiara was created for the marriage of a prince whose ancestors included the husband of Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister.A diamond brooch known as the "Bonnie Prince Charlie" sold for $968,085. The brooch features a yellow diamond once owned by Charles Edward Stuart, whose attempt to regain the British crown led to the Battle of Culloden in 1745.
At a Christie's auction Monday to benefit 32 charities favored by the Lily Safra Foundation, Safra's donated jewelry fetched nearly $38 million in sales — almost double what was expected.The most expensive item there was a 32.08-carat Burmese ruby and diamond ring that sold for $6.7 million, a world record price for a ruby sold at auction. Eighteen jewels by the designer JAR collectively brought in $11.4 million.After the auction, the billionaire Lily Safra beamed as she won a standing ovation from the buyers and bidders she had come to thank.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A new SMS-based monitoring system aims to cut Africa's childbirth mortality rates
With recent statistics showing Kenya's maternal mortality ratio at 488 per 100,000 live births, a new monitoring system for expectant mothers is set to ease the number of deaths during childbirth.The app ensures the health workers, midwives and the pregnant mothers share health information and care tips using SMS and prepaid calls. The system, which offers prepaid mobile phone credit for checks and health information updates, allows expectant women to call or send SMS to health experts for free, for information on antenatal care and delivery services.
The expectant mothers are also called for follow-up and care aside from being prompted on antenatal classes and advised on birth plans and childcare, including breastfeeding. Developed following a partnership between USAID, the Government's Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, and Medical Services, the system has already been applied in eleven Kenyan counties.
Reproductive Health Advisor for Aphia Plus, Kamili Dr. Ruth Jahonga said the pilot project has ensured that pregnant women in the area are registered by health providers who call or send SMS messages to find out about their conditions.The system is a plus to both the mothers and the health experts, as it will not only reduce the number of deaths but it will help them curb the causes of it, says Dr. Jahonga.Pyjamas to monitor heart beat, temperature, movement!
The expectant mothers are also called for follow-up and care aside from being prompted on antenatal classes and advised on birth plans and childcare, including breastfeeding. Developed following a partnership between USAID, the Government's Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, and Medical Services, the system has already been applied in eleven Kenyan counties.
Reproductive Health Advisor for Aphia Plus, Kamili Dr. Ruth Jahonga said the pilot project has ensured that pregnant women in the area are registered by health providers who call or send SMS messages to find out about their conditions.The system is a plus to both the mothers and the health experts, as it will not only reduce the number of deaths but it will help them curb the causes of it, says Dr. Jahonga.Pyjamas to monitor heart beat, temperature, movement!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Pyjamas to monitor heart beat, temperature, movement
First there was audio, then video. Now baby monitors have gone really high-tech.Rogers announced Tuesday that it has partnered with U.S.-based biomedical engineering company Exmovere Holdings Inc., for the launch of digital pyjamas, called Exmobaby, later this year.The machine-washable outfit has embedded sensors and a AAA-battery powered wireless transmitter that beams information to a computer, smartphone or tablet.The manufacturer claims the product can perform electrocardiogram tests to measure electrical activity in the heart, monitor skin temperature and movement, and detect mood changes.
Expected to be available sometime after October, a starter kit with four outfits is to sell for $149, plus a $9.99 monthly service plan.Rogers will be the exclusive provider of wireless service for Exmobaby in Canada and will also use some of its media properties to market the product, said Mansell Nelson, vice president of the company's machine-to-machine division.As a father of two older kids, he can imagine how useful the product might be for today's parents."It's the notion of peace of mind. I know there was a debate even with my kids if they should be on their tummy or their backs and all that stuff and if the child turns over now, you get a beep on your smartphone," Nelson says.
"You don't have to wake up every few hours and go and check."Exmovere says the product sends data from the pyjamas once a minute and emits minimal radiation. The product does not have the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Rogers has done its own internal testing of the product and believes it is completely safe, although it's still up to parents to decide whether it's right for their child, Nelson says."We don't just put our name or association on anything so there is a certain degree of (endorsement), we're confident it does what it says it's supposed to do," he says.
Expected to be available sometime after October, a starter kit with four outfits is to sell for $149, plus a $9.99 monthly service plan.Rogers will be the exclusive provider of wireless service for Exmobaby in Canada and will also use some of its media properties to market the product, said Mansell Nelson, vice president of the company's machine-to-machine division.As a father of two older kids, he can imagine how useful the product might be for today's parents."It's the notion of peace of mind. I know there was a debate even with my kids if they should be on their tummy or their backs and all that stuff and if the child turns over now, you get a beep on your smartphone," Nelson says.
"You don't have to wake up every few hours and go and check."Exmovere says the product sends data from the pyjamas once a minute and emits minimal radiation. The product does not have the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Rogers has done its own internal testing of the product and believes it is completely safe, although it's still up to parents to decide whether it's right for their child, Nelson says."We don't just put our name or association on anything so there is a certain degree of (endorsement), we're confident it does what it says it's supposed to do," he says.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Lewis tried to suffocate baby in hospital
A Hutchinson woman who told police she was stressed out by her child care responsibilities was charged Friday with trying to suffocate her 5-month-old baby in a St. Paul hospital.Prosecutors charged Katie Elaine Lewis, 24, with assault, child endangerment and domestic assault by strangulation.Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said a hospital staffer stopped the assault, and the infant is now in good condition.
The baby had been admitted to Children's Hospital in St. Paul on Tuesday, after he was monitored and tested at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for several days. Lewis had reported that the baby would stop breathing, turn blue and then regain consciousness on several occasions.According to the complaint, staffers at Children's in St. Paul told Lewis they could find nothing wrong with him so they planned to release him in a few hours. A nurse later saw, via a video monitor, that Lewis was pinching the baby's nose closed. Police were called and arrested Lewis.
The complaint said Lewis told police she did the same thing at Children's in Minneapolis on April 22, but denied doing it the several other times since February that she claimed the boy stopped breathing.Lewis told police repeatedly after describing each incident "how frustrated and stressed she is by having virtually all the child care responsibilities" for the baby and her older child, the complaint said. "Lewis finally admitted she 'snapped' and did something very wrong."Security Cameras: Anything But Secure.
The baby had been admitted to Children's Hospital in St. Paul on Tuesday, after he was monitored and tested at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for several days. Lewis had reported that the baby would stop breathing, turn blue and then regain consciousness on several occasions.According to the complaint, staffers at Children's in St. Paul told Lewis they could find nothing wrong with him so they planned to release him in a few hours. A nurse later saw, via a video monitor, that Lewis was pinching the baby's nose closed. Police were called and arrested Lewis.
The complaint said Lewis told police she did the same thing at Children's in Minneapolis on April 22, but denied doing it the several other times since February that she claimed the boy stopped breathing.Lewis told police repeatedly after describing each incident "how frustrated and stressed she is by having virtually all the child care responsibilities" for the baby and her older child, the complaint said. "Lewis finally admitted she 'snapped' and did something very wrong."Security Cameras: Anything But Secure.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Security Cameras: Anything But Secure
The Summer Infant Day & Night Handheld Video Monitor.I recently installed a screen on the dashboard of my new pickup truck. The screen is configured to display video transmitted wirelessly from a camera installed on the truck's bumper, a system designed to help avoid collisions while backing up. But the monitor picks up a lot more than intended. Driving through the suburbs outside Detroit, the screen first shows the feed from one home's front-yard security camera. Next, surveillance footage from a party store appears. Then there's the image of a crib transmitted by someone's baby monitor.
Such accidental neighborhood spywork—which this reporter in no way intended—reveals a fact few people realize: Many of the wireless cameras used as baby monitors, home-security gear, and even business surveillance systems are startlingly susceptible to interception. "Wireless cameras are so easy to put in, that's the selling feature," says Christopher Charow, the lead investigator at Lakeside Investigations in Michigan, which also operates a security and spy-gear shop. "But if it's security you want, you might be getting the exact opposite."
Many of the wireless cameras in use transmit video over a slice of the airwaves known as 2.4 GHz, the same sliver used by cordless phones, says Charow. Because that spectrum is crowded with lots of devices, monitors meant for one camera often unintentionally pick up signals from another. With more sophisticated tools, available at spy shops such as Lakeside for a few hundred dollars, a person can easily detect and tune into any unencrypted signal. Charow, who uses such a device to search clients' homes for hidden cameras, demonstrates how effective it is. As he drives through the Detroit metro area, he detects cameras that show the interior of a bicycle repair shop and several shots inside private residences.
Such accidental neighborhood spywork—which this reporter in no way intended—reveals a fact few people realize: Many of the wireless cameras used as baby monitors, home-security gear, and even business surveillance systems are startlingly susceptible to interception. "Wireless cameras are so easy to put in, that's the selling feature," says Christopher Charow, the lead investigator at Lakeside Investigations in Michigan, which also operates a security and spy-gear shop. "But if it's security you want, you might be getting the exact opposite."
Many of the wireless cameras in use transmit video over a slice of the airwaves known as 2.4 GHz, the same sliver used by cordless phones, says Charow. Because that spectrum is crowded with lots of devices, monitors meant for one camera often unintentionally pick up signals from another. With more sophisticated tools, available at spy shops such as Lakeside for a few hundred dollars, a person can easily detect and tune into any unencrypted signal. Charow, who uses such a device to search clients' homes for hidden cameras, demonstrates how effective it is. As he drives through the Detroit metro area, he detects cameras that show the interior of a bicycle repair shop and several shots inside private residences.
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