Goodnight Baby

This project was inspired by the market for new, data obsessed helicopter parents. With this cute and comfortable hat, parents can monitor their baby’s temperature, sleep quality and restlessness, and see if their child rolls off of their back, which can be a danger for suffocation. The hand crocheted hat contains a temperature sensor, a three axis accelerometer and two force sensitive resistors connected to an Arduino Uno. The temperature sensor lays on the baby’s forehead, the accelerometer at the back and a FSR on each side. Each minute, the device takes a measurement from each. If either FSR detects a significant force, it alerts the parent that the baby has rolled. The temperature is monitored, and parents are notified if a temperature indicative of a fever is measured. The accelerometer tracks movement in three directions and reports when a baby’s sleep is restless. The challenges we ran into mainly concerned wiring sensors into the hat to make the device wearable for an infant, yet somewhat approachable looking for parents. We also ran into issues with Arduino storage as our code is very long and detailed. We are proud of the finished product, having created a verifiable prototype in under a day, complete with a handcrafted healthcare wearable, while still having fun and getting (some) sleep. We learned a lot about Arduino inputs and sensors and how to make a device that responds in real time while also analyzing stored data. In the future, we see GoodNight Baby becoming a more refined and streamlined design that parents trust to help them keep their baby happy, healthy and sleeping well all night long.