Cry Detector

**Sara Noel** · 10-08-2002, 10:43 AM

Baby-cry gadget godsend to parents?
Tue Oct 8,10:27 AM ET

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish inventor, intrigued by his son's incessant crying, has designed a detector that he says will tell harassed parents within 20 seconds if their baby is hungry, bored, tired, stressed or uncomfortable.

Electronic engineer Pedro Monagas said on Tuesday the gadget called "Why Cry" would go on sale at pharmacies in Spain by the end of the month for 95 euros (60 pounds).

"I started (studying) the different kinds of cries of my son. Then I continued on 100 babies," Monagas told radio station Cadena Ser.

He said he identified five distinct crying types, which the noise-sensitive gadget is able to recognise.

The device, the size of a calculator and powered by batteries, has five faces on a screen on the back representing the possible reasons why a baby is crying.

"When the baby cries, it sets off the Why Cry and in 20 seconds the little faces light up," Monagas said.

The Catalan inventor, who plans to give a share of any profits to a baby charity, is already working on a more advanced model to "make the family environment a little easier".

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When the batteries run low, it just goes off like your smoke detector and makes you wonder what is going on.

I think it's plain to see that this invention was created by a man. LOL Only they would sit around looking at a gadget to see why a baby was crying.

Sara

**bamamomto4** · 10-08-2002, 10:45 AM

LMAO!!!!!!

**heaven** · 10-08-2002, 10:45 AM

OMG okay it was only a matter of time, need this with the dog one so your dog can tell you when it is bored to. GIVE ME A BREAK.

**falkonsprincess** · 10-08-2002, 11:47 AM

lol!

**captclearance** · 10-08-2002, 12:28 PM

LMAO.....

**Jenlee** · 10-08-2002, 01:17 PM

Leave it to a man!!

**PrairieRose** · 10-08-2002, 11:40 PM

Poor kid, just pick him up and change his dirty diaper for cryin' out loud!

**lucy979** · 10-09-2002, 11:24 AM

That is so funny!

**PennyPinchinPam** · 10-09-2002, 12:11 PM

Figures it's a man's invention. Sad thing is it will sale like hotcakes cause some people are too lazy/ busy to learn to listen to their children. I could never rely on a machine to tell me what my child needs. I find it kind of insulting that this guy thinks this battery operated thingie-ma-bob can take the place of a mother's instincts.

Just a thought but this could lead to people overfeeding/forcefeeding their child. What if it keeps saying the baby is hungry? I could go on and on with what ifs......