Imaging Company Bows Sensor to Curb Vehicular Heatstroke

Israeli imaging company Vayyar launched a sensor for monitoring the interior of vehicles, it said, citing statistics showing more than 800 children have died due to vehicular heatstroke since 1998 because a child was forgotten by the caregiver. Vayyar’s sensors detect if an infant has been left in a vehicle, even if covered by a blanket or car seat, and send a notification to a driver’s phone to alert them of the danger, it said. The sensor meets country-specific frequency requirements such as a 79 GHz band in Japan, or a 60 GHz band in Europe and the U.S., it said.