Texas Tech students build device to prevent hot car deaths

LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) — July 2017 was called the “deadliest month yet” for children being left in hot cars, with 11 children nationwide dying in the heat. One group of Texas Tech students is building a device to prevent these tragedies from ever happening.
Gage Dutkin and three other students created C-Safe, a sensor that connects a car seat to the user’s iPhone to alert a parent if they leave their child in the car for more than 5 minutes.
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