Italy intros sensor-laden foundling wheels to care for abandoned babies – Engadget — I have mixed feeling about this because in the SF Bay Area every few months there is some dipshit teen mom who throws her baby into the bushes and heads for the hills like a moron. She invariably ends up in jail. This is a better idea, but is Italian society falling apart? I’m reminded of this somewhat depressing post linked here about the sudden lack of interest in reproducing in Europe. A post worth re-reading.
Family Affairs Minister Rosy Bindi apparently feels that hooking up hospitals with “modern-day foundling wheels” is the best solution. Based on an idea that dates back hundreds of years, the sensor-laden hatches that are now being installed in Italian hospitals are accessible only from the outside, and feature a specially designed window in which an unwanted child can be deposited into a warm, cushioned bed. In a recent incident, the sensors alerted the staff at Casilino Hospital, which arrived in a mere 40 seconds to care for the infant and find him a proper home.
found by Rick Salsman
