A More effective Smoke Alarm

Thanks to Matthew Oliphant for pointing out a new smoke detector. He found it out on Gizmodo. What makes this smoke detector different is it uses a parent's voice instead of a traditional beeper.

Just the other night Dawn and I had a candle burn down and set off the smoke detectors in our house after the kids were asleep. All our smoke detectors are wired together, so it set them all off. After blowing the candle out and the smoke dissipated (there wasn't much) we went to check on the kids. All 4 kids slept through it. Kind of freaky.

The KidSmart people claim 100% success in their tests with their system. Matthew pointed out that he can't wake up his daughter when he is calling her name and shaking her. I guess the jury is still out on their effectiveness.

If it isn't more effective, it is at least more creative.