Using Internet of Things for Child Care: A Systematic Review.

Area of Science:

• Smart City Technology
• Child Safety Innovations
• Internet of Things (IoT) Applications

Background:

• Child safety is paramount in smart cities, with a growing need for accessible Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
• The high mortality rates of child accidents necessitate technological interventions to reduce emotional and financial burdens on families.

Purpose of the Study:

• To investigate various Internet of Things (IoT) tools for preventing and managing child accidents.
• To explore the current landscape of IoT applications in children's healthcare and safety.

Main Methods:

• Systematic review of English-language articles on IoT for children's healthcare.
• Searches conducted across PubMed, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases.
• Inclusion criteria applied to 29 selected studies after initial retrieval of 273 articles.

Main Results:

• India leads research in IoT for child safety, followed by Italy and China.
• Studies predominantly focus on indoor environments, utilizing wearable sensors (heart rate, motion, tracking).
• Biosignal sensors, Zigbee, and image recognition are common for data collection and analysis, employing cloud computing and machine vision.

Conclusions:

• IoT applications for child well-being are concentrated in developed nations like India, Italy, and China.
• Indoor settings and wearable sensors for monitoring vital signs are prevalent research areas.
• Technologies such as Zigbee, Kinect, image recognition, RFID, and robotics are employed to enhance child safety and health.