Simavita's electronic underpants TXT you when they're wet

People like to joke about incontinence when it happens to someone else, but for nursing staff or those taking care of the elderly it's simply another duty that must be managed. The SIM cycle system from Australian company Simavita makes things a little easier with text messaging. The system, which is now being deployed at nursing homes following successful clinical trials, involves a replaceable pad with electronic leads that detect moisture. Those leads are run to the SIM box, which sends a text message to the resident nurse when it's, uh, changing time. This should enable the staff to spend less time peeking in unsightly places and more time helping those who need it. Meanwhile, reports can be generated from the system to keep track of incontinence problems -- which could also be useful for parents trying to monitor their kids' World of Warcraft marathons.

[Spiny Norman Posted Mar 26th 2010 10:47AM]

@B3astofthe3ast

Your comment made me laugh so hard I pissed my pants!

Oh sh*t! Goodbye, cruel world!............BLAM!!!

[tad604 Posted Mar 26th 2010 10:47AM]

Better use would be for your wife/gf's panties so you know if you should hurry home or not.

[krosref Posted Mar 26th 2010 11:13AM]

no

[dcormier Posted Mar 26th 2010 11:50AM]

Just wait until someone has the reports go to Twitter.

[sullivan504 Posted Mar 26th 2010 12:02PM]

How long before insurance companies will cover this in the US? Not just for the elderly, it could be a godsend for parents of special-needs children, too.

[ashleythehottiest Posted Mar 26th 2010 12:19PM]

I dont need no app telling me when im wet.

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Mar 26th 2010 12:50PM]

Twitter integration or I'm not buying it.

[spamfree Posted Mar 26th 2010 1:09PM]

South Park reference FTW!

[SOOPERGOOMAN Posted Mar 26th 2010 4:40PM]

Looks like the accounting cycle to me, had me confused there Engadget, thought you went all white collar on me. PHEW, whens the next crapgadget?

[TimStevens Posted Mar 26th 2010 4:41PM]

@SOOPERGOOMAN You're lookin' at it.

[joshgilpatrick Posted Mar 26th 2010 5:44PM]

Yeah, this is pretty cool. This could prevent a lot of UTI's which send a lot of old folks to the hospital where the proceed to catch pneumonia and die, so...

I'd love something that tells you when a patient has had a BM, as we nurses kindly put it. It's not fun for anyone to sit around in feces for any period of time and it's also annoying and sometimes difficult to have to disturb patients to check(they can't all tell you). The hurdle would be something that is inexpensive enough to be disposable. There's no way you'd reuse something like that.

[coopert Posted Mar 26th 2010 6:47PM]

what if you shit your pants?? Can I hook this to my facebook, twitter and blog?