Child Presence Sensor on the TODAY Show
NASA Langley's Chris Edwards (left) is interviewed by correspondent, Jeff Rossen (center) for a story focusing on small children left in "Hot Cars" on NBC's The TODAY Show.
The segment was recorded by NBC producer-videographer Robert Powell (right) and will be featured in the Wednesday, Aug. 4 TODAY Show sometime between 7 - 9 a.m. Edwards is the principle inventor for a device called the Child Presence Sensor (CPS) that was developed at NASA Langley.
Inspired by aircraft flight test technology, CPS "senses" when a small child is left behind in their car or booster seat after the driver has left and moved a certain distance from the vehicle. If the driver doesn't return within 30 seconds, the CPS alarm on the driver's key ring will sound continuously and cannot be turned off until it is reset by returning to the child safety seat. Rossen holds his 5-month-old daughter, Sloane, who helped demonstrate the CPS technology.