Watch-ing over your child’s health

Helyxon, a start-up in the IIT Madras Research Park founded by Vijai Shankar Raja and Vanniyarajan, has developed a an app-based temperature device, called the 98.6 Fever Watch, that can monitor your child’s health at home even while you’re at work.

Ideal for children up to the age of 12, the fever watch is a wearable device using an ultra low power system-on-a-chip that comes with a watch strap and disposable patches to stick under your child’s arm for real-time temperature monitoring. The strap could be used for older kids, who might like to wear the device like a watch. Parents simply download the app and sync up with their smart phone via Bluetooth, to receive minute by minute updates on their child’s health anywhere, anytime.

Diseases like dengue, malaria and typhoid are diagnosed using fever patterns that the app shows a graphical representation of, which you can easily share with your doctor.

Priced at Rs 4,999, the 98.6 Fever Watch can be ordered from Helyxon’s website or other e-commerce sites. The app is available for free download for Android and iOS.