| The wireless portable video and sound monitor | | Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 11:14:38 AM by Rose Martins | Baby monitors are exactly what they are named…………..they monitor the baby. Some baby monitors monitor the baby's breathing, others monitor their heartbeat. 
Some baby monitors are digital, other monitors have video capabilities with a camera that videos baby's every move. Many baby monitors have wireless capabilities, allowing you to move around the house carrying the baby monitor receiver to hear the baby breathing or the baby's heartbeat wherever you are.
You need to decide which baby monitor best suits your family's needs. A family living in a two story home or duplex apartment, will probably need a wireless monitor, especially if the baby's room is on a different floor to where the adult is.
Some parents prefer a monitor that keeps track of the baby's heartbeat as the constant sound of baby breathing through the monitor, can be disturbing. Other monitors monitor the movement rather than the sound of the baby breathing, with an alarm that is set off if the breathing motion should cease.
The latest in wireless portable monitors is a video and sound monitor from Bebe Sounds. The set is completely wireless and sports a 1.8-inch color LCD screen, rechargeable video monitor and even infrared night vision.
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| | | Tech for Tots: Monitors | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 12:46:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Egads, what is the world coming too? This bizarre product promises to save you in babysitter costs by essentially torturing your baby. According to Techiediva "You can strap on a contraption, attach some electrodes to junior's bottom (yes!) and his nipples (YES!), and you will be automatically altered when he poos, or gets cold." This totally beats the Baby Keeper, shocking as that is. (So to speak.) Of course, there are more conventional ways to monitor your baby, such as the Sounds 'n Lights Monitor (with dual receivers) and the Color-View Video Monitor, both of which enable you to see and hear baby when you're in different rooms. The Color-View model has a 400-foot range and the receiver hooks right up to the crib, while the Sound 'n Lights model has a 450-foot range and uses light to indicate your baby's sounds.... | |
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| | | In Young Rats, Researchers Find A Reaction To Spinal Cord Injury That Speeds Recovery | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:47:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Neuroscientists had long believed that the only way to repair a spinal cord injury was to grow new neural connections, but researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that, especially in young rats, powerful cells near the injury site also work overtime to restrict nerve damage and restore movement and sensation. .... | |
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| | | Centex project targets baby boomers | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:47:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | This day and age: Does home buying, like fine wine, get better with age? Some local baby boomers shopping for homes in League City might say so. Centex Homes is unveiling elevation and floor plans for its 392-home project, The Village at Tuscan Lakes. The homes, part of the Friendship Collection, are meant to appeal to buyers 55 and older who want to live in a neighborhood with people their own age. The project is within Tuscan Lakes, state Highway 96 and Interstate 45. The collection features nine floor plans named after 1950s and 1960s icons, including The Monroe, The Armstrong, The Redford and The Bouvier. Centex has 55-plus neighborhoods in more than 30 communities in 12 U.S. markets. Stay tuned for construction timelines.Toasted notes: After a wait of nearly three years, theres something cooking at the former Marcos Mexican Restaurant, 2705 61st St.... | |
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| | | A clear signal on deadly crossings | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:47:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | CHESTERTON | Motorists thinking about driving around railroad crossing gates to beat an oncoming train should first think about what an aluminum can looks like after it's been run over."The mass of a train compared to a car is like a car compared to a soda pop can," Indiana Operation Lifesaver Director Thomas Kinser said. "And you know what a car can do to a soda pop can." Kinser and the Indiana Operation Lifesaver train took a trip through the region Wednesday, trying to spread the word of railroad crossing safety in an area where dozens of vehicles are struck by trains each year.Indiana ranks third in the nation for the number of total vehicle-train crashes, behind Texas and Illinois. Lake County had nearly a quarter of the state's crashes, with 40 of the 172 that occurred in 2005, according to the Federal Railway Administration.... | |
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| | | Genetic Link Identified In Human And Avian E. Coli May Suggest Zoonosis | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:46:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | A group of international researchers have identified common virulence factors in strains of Escherichia coli collected from infected humans and chickens suggesting that avian E. coli may be a potential human pathogen. Their findings appear in the October 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. .... | |
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| | | Poor life cover is a sick joke | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:46:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | BRITONS are the sick men and women of Europe, according to a report on obesity which has set alarm bells ringing at life insurance companies and mortgage lenders. The Health Profile report published last Wednesday revealed we are the fattest nation in Europe, with 23% of adults clinically obese. .... | |
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| | | First look: Philips SCD 589 baby monitor | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:13:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | What it is: A digital baby monitor that uses the 1.9-GHz frequency band, a different band than is used by other baby monitors. The new frequency, reserved exclusively for voice-only applications by the Federal Communications Commission, is called DECT, for digitally enhanced cordless telecommunications. The frequency band used can affect interference, probably the biggest complaint among baby-monitor users. When a monitor uses the same frequency bands as other wireless products in the home, including cordless phones, home networks, and even appliances such as microwave ovens, its sound may be plagued by static or buzzing, ultimately making it difficult or impossible to hear your child. (See our tips on wireless interference for more information.) Because so few devices yet use the 1.9-GHz frequency, the chance of interference in that band should be minimal.... | |
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| | | There for Her | | Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:46:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Brianah Sanford is 8 years old. She cannot speak or see, and doctors say she likely cannot hear. She has been locked in a dark, quiet world almost since birth. The caring hands of her great-grandmother are there for her, but whether she knows or cares is a matter of opinion. Angie Peyton, 74, believes Brianah recognizes her touch and responds. Even if her great-granddaughter doesn't, Peyton is there for her. At an age when many people are enjoying leisure, she has dedicated herself to the child no one else wanted. Though an estimated 248,000 grandparents in California are caring for grandchildren separated from mothers and fathers, often by drugs, disease or prison, few have a challenge equal to Peyton's. Brianah has cerebral palsy, asthma and a seizure disorder.... | |
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| | | Freedom 55, 65, 70, 80 or whenever | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 6:49:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | A while back, I wrote about strained pension plans among Canadian corporations and my name was added to an interesting, yet worrisome, e-mail list. Every weekday since then, I have been “one of more than 600 key media worldwide" receiving a daily e-mail published by Jack Dean of the Fullerton Association of Concerned Taxpayers (FACT). FACT describes itself as a non-partisan citizens' watchdog group in Fullerton, Calif., that focuses on California's public-employee pension crisis, and also monitors the pension spheres of public employees, corporations and social security “since it is taxpayers who will ultimately be responsible for making up deficits incurred by any of them." The e-mail lists about 10 to 20 headlines published around the world that day dealing with the issue of deteriorating pensions, and the message invites you to log onto the PensionTsunami.com website to read the entire articles.... | |
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| | | Army Ten-Miler rules place emphasis on security (Steve Nearman) | | Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 10:46:09 AM by Blog57 Team | | The phones lit up like a Christmas tree last year after the Army Ten-Miler became the Army 11.2-Miler because of a bomb scare on the 14th Street Bridge. The culprit was an innocent box of construction materials. Nevertheless, the civilian staff at the Army Ten-Miler offices was barraged with complaints like the airline customer service people after a cancelled flight. It was pretty bad, but not like it was this month when the Army posted its new restrictions for the nation's largest 10-mile footrace. In two weeks, tens of thousands of runners will spend countless amounts of energy at this event, which begins and ends at the Pentagon and takes in two cross-Potomac bridges and the National Mall. But many have expended quite a bit of energy complaining already.... | |
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