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Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by patrickthebold »

the-dude wrote: post #9
lqet wrote: post #6

"Lavish attention on me and entertain me." ― Maggie Simpson via the baby translator https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Baby_translator That being said, every parent knows the "he/she has never cried like this" moment where your blood freezes and you rush to the child's bed. Seems hard to add this to the model in a reliable manner.

Please fill me in as a non-parent : what was actually up when the baby cried like that?

For us, our daughter got sick and vomited everywhere once. Of course, the baby has no idea what's happening, so it's scary as well as uncomfortable.

That was a cry I remember.

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by alexchamberlain »

This is clearly an awesome project... for those with slightly less time and/or don't want to label their baby's cries, Motorola produce a range of WiFi connected baby monitors that have a lot (but admittedly not all) the required features.

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by rhacker »

lake_vincent wrote: post #4
hellepardo wrote: post #2

So, don't get me wrong. This is a fun project and a neat little device. I don't mean to take away from it in any way. However it is really important to consider why baby monitors are so primitive: because the cost of a false negative is huge. I didn't see any mention of this in the author's experiments (only a '>98% accuracy' note). So let's talk about this a little bit: is "accuracy" what we want? Probably not---I d…

Was going to come here to say something very similar. I'm no luddite, but some things really shouldn't be left to tech like this...

Maybe not this specifically but a similar tech should be considered to detect babies in hot cars.

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by tcbawo »

hellepardo wrote: post #2

So, don't get me wrong. This is a fun project and a neat little device. I don't mean to take away from it in any way. However it is really important to consider why baby monitors are so primitive: because the cost of a false negative is huge. I didn't see any mention of this in the author's experiments (only a '>98% accuracy' note). So let's talk about this a little bit: is "accuracy" what we want? Probably not---I d…

This reminds me of the home-built garage door opener that popped up here a few months ago. When it comes to safety devices, there are literally man-decades of expertise that has gone into these devices. It is never a good idea to rely on something you whip up yourself over the weekend or convince anyone else that they could.

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by segmondy »

rich_sasha wrote: post #18

Other comments notwithstanding: how does a new parent find time for this???

You have less time, but you learn to organize and structure your time better. You also realize that if all you do is carry the baby, feed the baby and change diaper you will lose your mind, so you begin to find ways to push out work in 15-30mins increments. At least that's my story. :-D

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by nicolashahn »

Grakel wrote: post #17
nicolashahn wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forgive me for bringing it up, but this is also the reason why smart gun technology is a complete dead end.

I wonder if there are huge advances to be made in suppressor technology? Other than the noise, guns are basically perfect in their intended function. I guess you could try to further reduce recoil.

If we could get a caseless ammo system to work I think that'd be pretty game changing. Lots of factors going against that though.

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by time0ut »

Grakel wrote: post #17
nicolashahn wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forgive me for bringing it up, but this is also the reason why smart gun technology is a complete dead end.

I wonder if there are huge advances to be made in suppressor technology? Other than the noise, guns are basically perfect in their intended function. I guess you could try to further reduce recoil.

There have been some pretty fascinating experimental weapons over the the years. For example, the H&K G11 [0] used caseless ammunition. The potential advantages of that are no need to eject a spent casing and a soldier can carry more of it since it weighs less.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G11

Re: Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and TensorFlow

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Post by fibbery »

An old Android tablet or phone with the app Dormi does great, too. The best part is that it doesn't make any noise until there's sustained noise detected in the baby room. It also alerts if it loses connectivity and can be snoozed at 10 minute intervals.
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