The Vocal Smoke alarm

["David Ward" <d.ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/6294/

"The SignalONE Safety vocal smoke alarm is the only smoke alarm on the
market that allows the appropriate caregiver to record a personalized
"wake up and escape" message for their child. We wouldn't have
picked
that this was such an important feature off the bat, but apparently
there's a growing body of evidence showing that children do not awaken
reliably to the tones found in conventional smoke alarms and the key
aspect of the vocal smoke alarm is the use of a familiar voice to awaken
a child by name and urge the child to escape a burning home safely. A
new study, released last week by the American Academy of Pediatrics,
showed that 96 percent of children woke up to the recorded sound of
their mothers voice in a median time of 20 seconds, compared to only 58
percent who woke up to conventional smoke alarm tones. We've seen a few
good ideas in smoke alarms over the years, such as the wireless smoke
alarm and the ingenious snap alarm - interestingly, none of their
compelling features are mutually exclusive."


Something similar could be done with Comfort, HomeSeer, XaP  etc

Dave


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