This 11-year-old Texas boy invented a device to prevent hot car deaths

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Bishop Curry looks for ways to fix the world.

For an 11-year-old boy, he’s unusually curious
about big-picture problems, his dad says — from natural disasters to
civil rights. And he’s always loved to tinker.

That’s why it wasn’t a surprise when Bishop,
after seeing an upsetting local news report about a 6-month-old who died
when left in a hot car, resolved to make sure something like that never
happened again.

… So Bishop, in his McKinney, Texas home, drew a mock-up of a device
that would sense if a child is left alone in a car. The device, attached
to a headrest or car seat, would then alert parents’ phones and the
police — all while blowing cold air until help arrives.  He calls the device “Oasis.“ 

"It’s like texting,” Bishop said. “But without emojis." 

His dad, an engineer at Toyota also named
Bishop Curry, was immediately sold on the idea: "My thought was, ‘Why
isn’t this in stores now?’" 

Toyota was so impressed by Bishop’s idea that it sent him and his dad to Michigan for a safety conference. 

This 11-year-old Texas boy invented a device to prevent hot car deaths