Recent VizKID write-up at InMenlo.com

I had a very enjoyable conversation with Linda and Chris Gulker at Cafe Borrone, recently. They have an excellent daily/weekly blog covering Menlo Park and Atherton.

Highlights of Kidz-in-Motion Conference by the excellent writers of CarSeatBlog

VisibleKIDS had an extremely productive visit and booth exhibit at the KIM Conference, held in Ft Worth, TX, on 8/26 and 8/27.   You'll see a couple of paragraphs about the VizKID, half way down the summary.   A mention is made of the original test (July'08) on 40 parents in which 50% made a habit of using the VizKID after one month (I wanted at least 20% at the time, knowing that the eventual product use would snowball as the symbol became known), and note that this was the prototype unit assembled of hard plastic off-the-shelf items, wrapped in blue athletic bandage (quite funny looking).    I hope for nothing less than 100% success when drivers utilize the current VizKID!!  (=:

Inside Bay Area - The Oakland Tribune

Menlo Park man creates product to help parents remember children in the back seat - by Bonnie Eslinger

KCBS interview re: VizKID, aired 7/24/10

Short and to the point.

Mercury News article on the VizKID-7/17

VizKID's to be at Menlo Arts & Wine Festival

I'll be showcasing and discussing the VizKID's in front of Cheeky Monkey Toys on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Come by and see me!
Dave

CNN reports "epidemic" level in 2010

No one wants to sensationalize this. It's just a problem we all have to solve, NOW .

Ongoing statistics on Hyperthermia-related deaths in cars

2010 News Gets Worse

Yahoo/Parenting article responding to my Test Unit distributed in July, 2008

When I was randomly handing out 40 test units in July, 2008, one of the mother's strolling by the Menlo Park farmer's market happened to be the editor of Yahoo-Parenting. She wrote about the test unit the following month. She even photographed the test unit on her living room floor. The key difference you'll see, other than the obvious final product being composed of soft and flexible polyurethane foam, is that the optic yellow head and sleepy smiling face are much more pronounced, adding to the outside visibility. The writer didn't touch on the fact that the VizKID now becomes the ONLY active symbol in the vehicle that conveys the idea, "there's a child in the back, Right Now."