I recently upgraded to an iPhone and now can’t imagine living without it. I use it to track my running, as a calendar, to look up recipes while at the supermarket, to post photos to Facebook, and my addiction is growing by the day. Are you the kind of person who uses their iPhone for everything? Why buy a separate baby monitor then when you can turn your iPhone into one with a Withings Smart Baby Monitor camera?
The device works by using a “smart sensor”, which is a high resolution 3MP camera with extra wide lens and night vision infrared LEDs. This compact smart sensor can communicate with any existing connected screen via bluetooth, WiFi or standard wire connections, turning your iPhone, iPad, computer, LCDTV or any similar device into a baby monitor.
With temperature and humidity info, a two-way microphone so you can talk to your little one, music controls for lullabies, and alarms that can be set to alert you to any changes in the room, it pretty much does it all - from anywhere in the world. Its sleek white Apple-inspired design means it will also look very smart in any nursery.
French start-up Withings are not the only company to cotton on to the idea of using your iPhone as a baby monitor and certainly won’t be the last – Baby Safe also have a great app reported here last year that allows you to check in on your little one from almost anywhere in the world.
The Withings Smart Baby Monitor is scheduled to be released in March this year and stockists will be posted on their website. It has already received two awards from Observeur du Design 2011 and two awards during the Consumer Electronics Show 2011.
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wow that’s perfect – I’ve been looking for something like this. How much will it be?
It was revealed at one of those electronics design shows a couple months ago and they said it would be around $200. Would be worthwhile depending on if it affects wifi networks or has good VOX
Can you let us know when the product it actually released? It’s a brilliant idea!
Saw this device on TWIT Tv/iPad Today on Podcast on iTunes. Am very keen to see when they are available and how long before they make thier way to Australia.
We received this update from Kevin:
As you may know, the Withings Smart Baby Monitor has been announced in last January during the Las Vegas CES, it allows parents to get important information on their child’s environment and enable them to interact with him/her remotely and easily.
For your information, the Smart Baby Monitor price has not been announced yet. As for the worldwide release date, it is scheduled for September 2011.
In order to be kept posted on the Smart Baby Monitor, feel free to leave your email on that page: http://www.withings.com/en/index/keepmeinformedsmart
Best regards,
Kevin
Product Manager
As parents our #1 main priority is to make certain that our children are safe and secure at all times and baby monitors are a great way for new or expecting parents to relieve a little stress knowing that their baby is safe. Regardless of how some parents believe that baby monitors are not necessary, I am a firm believer that if I am able to reduce the risk associated with the safety of my child then it is money well spent and I can sleep a little easier.
Dan