When my baby was tiny, in the wee hours of the night, her father would come up with increasingly outlandish designs for baby products that would make our lives easier. Of course we never got round to actually creating them, but I’m pretty sure The Intellicot by Cencio would have fitted into the range pretty well!

This super-futuristic looking and high tec cot will appeal to all fans of gadgets and gizmos. It’s got all sorts of brilliant features like a built in video camera and audio monitor; automatic rocking; a built in lifting system and air circulation feature.

Unusually, it has a perspex front instead of the usual bars.

It’s no surprise to learn the creators are men, but we have to hand it to them – they seem to have thought of everything.

Go to the Intellicot website for price and pre-ordering information. its due to go on sale later this year.