College students invent 'smart car seat' to prevent hot car deaths in infants: 'Protects vulnerable lives'

College students invent 'smart car seat' to prevent hot car deaths in infants: 'Protects vulnerable lives'

College students invent 'smart car seat' to prevent hot car deaths in infants: 'Protects vulnerable lives' Every summer, an average of 37 children die in hot cars in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that’s about two lives lost every week during the summer months. Over half of these deaths occur because a caregiver forgets their child is still in the car. And over half of these deaths are among children under the age of 2. “1016 children have died in hot cars due to Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke since 1998,” the website noheatstroke.org shares. “All of these deaths could have been prevented.” When Louisiana State University engineering students Victoria Irondi, Nnamdi Dike, and Trevor Perrault learned about these statistics, they were moved to take action. From left to right, Trevor Perrault, Victoria Irondi, and Nnamdi Dike. Photo by Eddy Perez/LSU “After learning about the families affected by these incidents, we felt a de…