The week's good news: June 29, 2017

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1. 10-year-old invents device to prevent death in overheated cars

Bishop Curry V hopes that his new invention, the Oasis, saves the lives of kids like him. In 2016, an infant who lived near Curry, 10, in McKinney, Texas, died after being left in a hot car. This stuck with Curry, and he decided to come up with a solution. The Oasis is a fan that attaches to a car seat and can tell when a car is not moving but a child is still buckled in. Once the temperature in the car reaches a dangerous level, the Oasis will blow cold air and send a message to the parents. If they fail to respond, police and paramedics are called. "It would be a dream to have lots of inventions that would save many lives," Curry told NBC5. He has raised more than $30,000 for startup costs, and wants Oasis available to the public by 2018.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.