I'm glad this technology exists to prevent Jack from forgetting a passed-out Mark following a 3 hour Arby's lunch full of Beefanators, Jamocha shakes, and curly fries.
Hell. Of. A. Video. Where or who else will cover this life-saving technology? Absolute kudos for bringing this technology and the people behind it to our attention. For all the humor and joking we all appreciate from you guys, you really do balance that out with unique content that just can’t be found anywhere else. Please keep up the stellar work and thanks so much again!!
Ditto this sentiment. I would happily go back to owning a minivan like the Sienna if they’d allow for the second row to be removed again, but until then, have to look elsewhere.
Wanting to say thanks Mark for covering this feature. I don't imagine many car review channels would cover such a "mundane" feature such as this. Shows that a lot of thought goes on behind the scenes for some advancements. And I have to give props to Toyota for continuing to invest in minivans. It's not a segment with a lot of appeal or sexiness, but being in my 40s (male), I miss the days of being driven around in a minivan. They served a good function until being replaced by sex appeal for soccer mom-SUVs. If I had an actual need for one, I could see myself getting a Sienna without issue.
I recently bought a new Civic and was surprised to have it “tell” me to check the back seats when I shut it off. I had opened the rear door to place a package on the floor during the drive. I guess if you open a rear door for any reason it sends a reminder. Nice idea and simple.
This tech is a part of several of our capstone teams projects for engineering. So many practical applications (senior assisted living etc.) while not placing a camera that invades privacy. This is a huge part of why I love savage geese videos.
@@lkjh00on89 Because there is no personally identifying information. Radar is extremely coarse, there is very little to gain beyond the approximate shape and location of "a thing"
Mark, thanks for taking the time to make this video. I am glad someone is covering useful stuff about cars and the car industry beyond horsepower, 0-60 times, and the sound of the engines, which most people don't care about.
As a dad of two small kids, we've never left either of them in the car, but we've been sleep deprived enough to where we almost have a couple of times (walking across a parking lot with just one kid, realize it, "oh shit" and go back for the other). It's like all the shaken baby syndrome videos we were forced to watch before the births, thinking "yeah yeah don't violently shake your kid it could kill, paralyze or give them permanent brain damage, thanks captain obvious", but when our first kid was born we hadn't slept well for days (she was born at 3am as a c-section, recovering in a hospital room with nurses coming and going at all hours, and hospital beds and couches were not all that comfortable) and she woke us up at 3am two nights later for a feed/diaper change, I remember an irrational flash of pure rage as I got up. It only lasted a few seconds and I didn't act on it, but it was enough for me to go "oh, that's why they made us watch those videos." Enough sleep deprivation will have you try to eat soap for breakfast.
@@misternordberg3675 Yeah, we should just let our kid miss what turned out to be a very medically necessary doctor's appointment that took weeks to schedule. Maybe you should speak less.
@@MG-Alexandrovich the video outlined the advantages of this tech. Motion detection won't work on a sleeping child or a child that is obscured from the sensor. Infrared motion sensors rely on light, which won't work in certain lighting conditions.
Well, all this tech in the interior and toyota still refuses to upgrade the external safety system to safety sense 3.0. I think the sienna is the only vehicle in toyota lineup still running the older tss 2.0
*Finally, after a long time, some technology that's truly of good.* Thanks as always for a great video. Godspeed to you guys. I actually had a company many years back that did something similar for a far different use case, and I am humbled at how much more useful and better this use case is. I don't want to trivialize the radar hardware, but the software for this is so significantly complicated, I'm impressed at what they have achieved.
I've never forgotten my kid in a car, but I came pretty close one day at Home Depot... Combine no sleep with high stress and taking the kid somewhere you don't usually take them, and it's possible. All the commenters that are like "How could you forget your kid?!" Do you think the parents that leave their kids in hot cars MEAN to do it?! Kudos to Toyota.
One of the best news stories I have ever read was about this phenomenon. They went and talked to several parents that this happened to. All were loving parents and were absolutely destroyed by the event. All of the incidences occurred in circumstances like you described - something out of the routine. It is a systemic issue and not an individual failing. But it makes people feel better to blame the parent because it means that it cannot happen to them.
You guys are doing a fantastic job. I'm so far from being in the market of buying a minivan and still genuinely captivated by the work you are doing for us. Thank you!
That is a nice looking van. Having gone through my “younger” life haphazardly, when I finally had kids, one of my greatest fears was forgetting one of them, at the store, in the car, or something similar. My children are now grown, and thankfully I never forgot one of them. While I’m sure this is included in the price, Including this technology without charging for an add on surprises me.
It has happened many times in middle east. Kids forgotten in back seat and sometimes in school bus. And the kids were found dead due to heat. This technology is must for school bus
At least here in the US, it's been mandated for a long time now that school buses have a "check button" at the back of the interior, forcing the driver to walk to the back of the vehicle to turn off an alarm so they can visually inspect for kids. Outside of the US in a case like you mentioned, I'm not so sure...but the low-tech solution is there.
Man, what great content you guys keep doing. One of the best automotive channels, if not the best. Compehensive information, first-hand comments from the brands, humor, knowledge, great edition. Keep it up!
This is a system that should be in all new vehicles moving forward. Toyota could get an R&D ROI by licensing it to other manufacturers. Outstanding job Mark.
Yeah great, another useless crap tech shoved to the consumers (for 100s of $) to prevent the literally few dozen deaths in a country of almost half a billion people. Awesome! In reality this is a Toyota marketing scheme to increase the price of cars with shovelware garbage that no one needs. Awesome!
A step further would be to have that sensor ventilate the windows or run the AC until such time that the person has returned to the car. Good start though.
Yes, as a hybrid I was shocked they stopped short of this, or at least turning on the a/c. I can see how opening windows might pose other security threats but at least ac tries to solve the problem, and doesn’t require a running ICE to do it.
Thank you for those videos, I always tell people that once the kids are older and we need the extra space, I would rather just have a mini van than an SUV, and this feature would definitely be enough to push me over to this over the competition. I do hope that this can be expanded to more family cars, and even if it saves one life, the feature will truly be priceless!
This video is exactly why Savagegeese content is unique and insightful. I loved this video and hope you can continue to bring us such content in the future. Getting inside access to the technical team and asking them the right questions was just the cherry on top! ❤
You guys are the best channel for videos like this. Giving people important information so we can make purchasing decisions that affect our families. I hope you guys are proud of the work you do.
This is the safety systems I wanted to protect my grandchildren, I don’t want all those fancy seats, heated seats, cool seats etc. so thanks Toyota for doing this to save life 🙏 .
Meaning if you forget a living thing in the car you might forget to lock the door…is there a way to enhance the technology that if the vehicle is stationary and “parked” without the need to lock the door….not trying to get too granular but two things can be true at once
@@nickzirpoli I must say, that even my 2009 small MPV Volswagen Touran has self lock, after while of not doing anything with it. So I guess that newer cars locks themself on regular even quicker. And I could image, you could maybe even tune self lock?
Thanks for covering this vehicle for a standout feature in such detail and, as always, talking to the people that developed it. Top notch work all around.
BSM/RCT and forward autobraking being standard on the 22 Corolla was a big selling point when we got ours. I appreciate Toyota putting safety features as standard from the base trim up.
I agree, I love that Toyota doesn't gatekeep vital safety systems. My Corolla (TSS 3.0) doesn't have blind keeping assist, but it has radar cruise control and lane keep assist as well as automatic braking. The important stuff.
Agreed. You know if this was GM, it would only be available on the LTZ High Country Platinum Ranch model. If you’re driving a poverty spec, I guess no baby sensor for you.
This is a great video. Love that someone is doing something to help mitigate these tragedies. I have an old 2004 sienna and will only buy Toyota minivans.
The Sienna was one of, if not the first, five star crash rated vehicles and it saved my Dad's life in 1999. He flipped end over end in a car accident. Broke his back and was in a coma for a month. The doctors said if he wasnt driving a Sienna he would've been dead long before help arrived.
@@latinbeandip It doesn't take a doctor to watch a five star crash test and see how much safer it is. This car was a phenomenon when it first came out as modern cars were beginning to show the advancement in crash testing technology.
Thank you for humanizing the way people forget their kids / pets in the car. I, like you, am sure that no one does this purposely, but this happens. Great Job Toyota!!
Fantastic. They should automatically crack open the windows to let some ventilation in as well. This can help save lives if no one responds to the alarms.
I'll do you one better. Have the engine start, and automatically turn on either AC or heat to maintain a comfortable temperature in the vehicle. It's totally doable.
@@dougrobinson8602unless it’s in the garage…in which case, that could compound an already tough situation, especially if the garage has any level of Temperature control and/or it’s a cool fall day where the child isn’t in danger in the car in the garage….until you add. carbon monoxide to the mix. It’s a good idea but would be worse in a garage situation.
@OPiguy35 it can for a limited time run off of the hybrid battery and an electric compressor. The sienna has been a hybrid since 2020 I believe. This body style at least
Never left babies in the car (Sienna owner since 2015). But, when you have five young kids who can get themselves out, and one has fallen asleep by the time you get home, it's quite easy to miss that even for a short but significant time. Important technology.
Had it happen with our dog. Was all the way back in it Sienna. We got home and went inside. Fortunatelyit want long and realized it. One thing I like about my Tesla, it will never get much over 100F inside, unless the battery gets low.
Thanks so much for this technology. It is the answer to the question I never asked. I found out that our dog would set off the interior proximity alarm on our Ford pick-up when we left her inside the car. We mitigated that by keeping her in a crate in the back. Fortunately, Toyota can now detect that she is breathing in the back of her car and honk the horn incessantantly to let everyone know that we did not bring our dog shopping with us. I think the next solution will be to tie her to the back bumper when we shop and hope that we don't replicate National Lampoon's Vacation.
My wife and I have three girls and a severely autistic son and I can EASILY think of how this can happen, and many other scenarios where a child can end up in a hot car. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to talk about your friend and your non-judgmental take on this is also greatly appreciated.
Maybe you shouldn't have so many kids then, otherwise what's the point of kids if you can just forget about one or two without noticing for quite a while?..
@@misternordberg3675 It was 1982, my family was visiting our extended family in West Germany (near Düsseldorf). When exiting the van, my parents were negotiating payment to the driver and collecting the luggage and all us kids. No one paid attention that our 85 year old grandmother was asleep in the van. The driver had to come back and drop her off. Maybe a ceiling radar could have avoided that inconvenience for the taxi driver. Maybe this is technology useful for ride share.
Bought my wife a brand new Sienna woodland for this exact reason. We have two kids, God-willing we have more. You never know when you need this technology until you do.
I used to think the same thing, "How could you forget your kid?!" Until I had a kid. Now I forget EVERYTHING. Even stupid crap like putting my shoes on before going somewhere. It's easy to forget after you have one kid, let alone several kids.
@@misternordberg3675 you’re either childless or you’re a dad that complains about having to babysit his own kids. Every single parent I know gets what this person is saying.
@@ADUSNnot destroyed, overloaded. While I cannot imagine leaving a child in a hot car, there is ALOT more cognitive load when dealing with multiple children, watching out for them, conversations with them, your spouse or other while tracking the suite of stuff they require as well as looking after their safety. If you’ve never had a cold chill, you’ve not raised a child or you’ve offloaded the responsibility to someone else.
How people forget their children and pets in vehicles is beyond me, but it would be great is if this new tech saves lives. Another great review from Savage Geese!
at the end of the day, it's not the kid's fault for the actions of their parents; if this saves the life of even one child from dying needlessly, i think it's worth implementing. it should be an optional feature, but since they are including it as standard on all trims, i don't see a major issue as long as it can be completely disabled in settings.
How difficult was it to find/buy. The cheaper trim lvls seems to be nearly impossible to find in my area chicago. I've hear 1 to 2 year long wait lists.
Love the tech deep dive, and the tech is clearly going to save lives. Though I’m curious if there is any override possible if say someone wants to sleep in their car like on a road trip or when camping. Also the Sienna (+ any Toyota Hybrid) is a popular choice for vandwelling (though likely 5-10 years down the line when they’re more affordable.) Obviously these are rare use cases but they do exist. Seems like it’s always on (as it should be) but is there a fuse that can be pulled or a module unplugged?
This is awesome. Really appreciate the engineering exposé and the PR team letting them talk. Now only if you can interview the genuises who designed the s65 rod bearings..
I thank you for reliably posting videos that don't have obnoxious sponsors or filler content to drive up runtime. If a video is only 11 minutes worth of content it stays 11 minutes. So I see an 18 minutes, there's something going on that's worth it. If I see a 30 minute video, it's something to really care about. Other channels I see a 30 minute video and it's just a question of how much skipping do I need to do to find the meat of the content, an SG video I never have to scrub around
I’ll admit at first I was like why do I need a ceiling radar but hearing Marks explanation I completely reversed my thought process. A momentary slip up can definitely cause a lifetime of regret. Also, I *R E A L L Y* want a Sienna 😊
It's not a momentary slip up. You would have to forget the infant and walk into the store for several minutes, like, many minutes and not realize it. Idiotic comment.
Great explanation. You show this with details and perspectives that guide me where the focus of technology should be, which is on enhancing human capabilities.
Very cool tech, but I think it needs to allow toggling on/off; maybe something like traction control where default is on. There are purposeful times you leave (some of) your kids in the car while you run in to get another (2-3min run in) and temps outside are 60°F(16°C) and the last thing you want to deal with is your car having a tantrum. I'd rather see a function like Tesla's dog mode that keeps car interior a good atmosphere w/o running the engine. As SG suggested, maybe its activated when this sensor detects life forms.
My old c5 audi had somthing like this. If motion was detected via ultrasonic sensors after the car was locked it would trigger the alarm. It would trigger the alarm if the windows were down and the wind blew. I believe it was designed so noone would be left in the car or if you parked your car at night that noone would be waiting inside for you if you came back. Nice to see it coming back in a modern form
Thank you Toyota for great baby and pet saver technology. I hope this technology will migrate to all vehicles as standard feature. No mom or dad ever leave their babies or toddlers inside locked vehicles. I fortunately I read or see news of this kind of incident every year. Helpless babies, toddlers, children and pets deserve this kind of protection.
I'm glad this technology exists to prevent Jack from forgetting a passed-out Mark following a 3 hour Arby's lunch full of Beefanators, Jamocha shakes, and curly fries.
Bring back potato cakes!
Sadly this is too late for Turbowski who was left in the urine-soaked back seat of a Kia Soul.
radiation lowering sperm count? etc....
@@bender2033bring back potato shakes!
@@ouch9326White Castle babies!
Let’s install it in houses, so kids aren’t forgotten during family vacations and left to fend off burglars on Christmas Eve.
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Except the McAllister's. They'll use it to their advantage/attached to swinging paint cans.
I would have it in my house, but my wife would catch me every time I bone my hot neighbor. My kids aren't worth that.
@@doctorgrover2287 Kevin?! KEVIN?!?! lol
Or get stuck with Uncle Ruckus as a babysitter.
Hell. Of. A. Video.
Where or who else will cover this life-saving technology? Absolute kudos for bringing this technology and the people behind it to our attention. For all the humor and joking we all appreciate from you guys, you really do balance that out with unique content that just can’t be found anywhere else. Please keep up the stellar work and thanks so much again!!
This video feels like the future of SG content. Breaking down the components and peripherals being used in modern cars. Fantastic work, SG team🥇
Thank God they still break down the engineering and manufacturing changes. I like learning about chassis tuning
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I really like the new features that are highlighted too! But my favourite is the engineering background of the vehicle.
Thank you for sharing this. Was going to buy a 24 sienna. Now, no way.
Finally this isnt a review of a BMW or some luxury vehicle. Its ok to do a minivan. Thank you from us dads out there.
I agree. People may find them boring, but most of the population are driving these boats and SUVs out there
Wish the SUV never replaced the minivan
Ditto this sentiment. I would happily go back to owning a minivan like the Sienna if they’d allow for the second row to be removed again, but until then, have to look elsewhere.
@@colin-nekritz the non-hybrid Pacifica has stow-n-go seats for you.
BMW has interior movement detection for a while
"Infant presence detected in footwell" for some reason has same cadence to me as "you must construct additional pylons"
Hahahhahha. Starcraft. Nice.
Now we just need the coding to make an announcement when it's activated to say "reticulating splines"
kids can burrow, so Toyota gave you an overlord for detection.
We require more minerals
This sort of technology exists in my Hyundai Santa Fe. Is it that revolutionary?
This is why I love this channel. I’m a geek who loves to understand how things work, so deep dives into engineering like this is absolutely incredible
who cares
@@jeff5777 Apparently 140 other people and counting.
@@jeff5777 I care
Geese here targeting the family man. I'm ready
Me too.
*Mid -> Upper class family
@@JaykeBlayde what does that even mean?
@@rush-zh5dc compared to what?
@@rush-zh5dc great answer
The hackathon story is true. My sister worked with the guy side by side. I’m so proud! :)
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Wanting to say thanks Mark for covering this feature. I don't imagine many car review channels would cover such a "mundane" feature such as this. Shows that a lot of thought goes on behind the scenes for some advancements. And I have to give props to Toyota for continuing to invest in minivans. It's not a segment with a lot of appeal or sexiness, but being in my 40s (male), I miss the days of being driven around in a minivan. They served a good function until being replaced by sex appeal for soccer mom-SUVs. If I had an actual need for one, I could see myself getting a Sienna without issue.
I recently bought a new Civic and was surprised to have it “tell” me to check the back seats when I shut it off. I had opened the rear door to place a package on the floor during the drive. I guess if you open a rear door for any reason it sends a reminder. Nice idea and simple.
We put Michelin pilot sport 4S tires on a sienna and a Kia carnival to compare lap times on Autobahn south
I would totally watch that comparison
The Pacifica, provided it doesn’t blow a tranny or break down, would spank every other minivan, hell, the Pacifica is faster than most CUVs.
You mean Bridgestone
Honda wins that
RE71RS not available?
I worked on this ICR module and it's implementation in the Sienna! It's great to see it finally be released publicly
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This tech is a part of several of our capstone teams projects for engineering. So many practical applications (senior assisted living etc.) while not placing a camera that invades privacy. This is a huge part of why I love savage geese videos.
How does this not also invade privacy?
@@lkjh00on89 a sensor returns values, a picture is of you. It's the difference between a sensor detecting weight and a camera taking a picture of you.
@@lkjh00on89yeah it's still an invasion of privacy. And extra exposure to radiation
It doesnt show images genius @@lkjh00on89
@@lkjh00on89 Because there is no personally identifying information. Radar is extremely coarse, there is very little to gain beyond the approximate shape and location of "a thing"
Mark, thanks for taking the time to make this video. I am glad someone is covering useful stuff about cars and the car industry beyond horsepower, 0-60 times, and the sound of the engines, which most people don't care about.
As a dad of two small kids, we've never left either of them in the car, but we've been sleep deprived enough to where we almost have a couple of times (walking across a parking lot with just one kid, realize it, "oh shit" and go back for the other). It's like all the shaken baby syndrome videos we were forced to watch before the births, thinking "yeah yeah don't violently shake your kid it could kill, paralyze or give them permanent brain damage, thanks captain obvious", but when our first kid was born we hadn't slept well for days (she was born at 3am as a c-section, recovering in a hospital room with nurses coming and going at all hours, and hospital beds and couches were not all that comfortable) and she woke us up at 3am two nights later for a feed/diaper change, I remember an irrational flash of pure rage as I got up. It only lasted a few seconds and I didn't act on it, but it was enough for me to go "oh, that's why they made us watch those videos."
Enough sleep deprivation will have you try to eat soap for breakfast.
Maybe you shouldn't be driving in such a scenario, ever think of that?
@@misternordberg3675shut up, ever think of that?
@@misternordberg3675 Yeah, we should just let our kid miss what turned out to be a very medically necessary doctor's appointment that took weeks to schedule. Maybe you should speak less.
@@misternordberg3675 Hey look, the person without a kid commenting. Kick rocks bro.
Yup. I was terrified of this when my daughter was an infant and knew that despite being mindful, that I was capable of forgetting a kid in the car.
Can’t wait for GR Sienna
They have GR parts for the Toyota vellfire in Asia
They got the Toyota sienna out here doing fast Fourier transforms lmao
If a car doesn't know how to do FFT's, I am not buying it.
@@gerardoacosta8043 where TF was this car when I was in EE school
Exactly !!
A super computer on wheels 😂
Not to be that guy but pretty sure they've been using DSP for all the forward and rear collision warning systems for the last...15 years?
I can totally see the interior sensor being the deciding factor that makes parents go for the Sienna.
unfortuantely I can too.
BMW has interior movement detection for a while.
@@MG-Alexandrovich the video outlined the advantages of this tech. Motion detection won't work on a sleeping child or a child that is obscured from the sensor. Infrared motion sensors rely on light, which won't work in certain lighting conditions.
I cannot for the life of me understand how people can forget about their kid or pet for minutes, let alone enough time for them to be heat injured.
Well, all this tech in the interior and toyota still refuses to upgrade the external safety system to safety sense 3.0. I think the sienna is the only vehicle in toyota lineup still running the older tss 2.0
*Finally, after a long time, some technology that's truly of good.* Thanks as always for a great video. Godspeed to you guys. I actually had a company many years back that did something similar for a far different use case, and I am humbled at how much more useful and better this use case is. I don't want to trivialize the radar hardware, but the software for this is so significantly complicated, I'm impressed at what they have achieved.
They need to create the Lexus version of the sienna already
This costs as much as one so it might something
the luxury minivans in Asia are amazing, wait 25 years and import one ;)
There is, but in asia
They have them for decades now, just not in North American market
Lexus LM exists, but it’s not sold in America.
I've never forgotten my kid in a car, but I came pretty close one day at Home Depot... Combine no sleep with high stress and taking the kid somewhere you don't usually take them, and it's possible. All the commenters that are like "How could you forget your kid?!" Do you think the parents that leave their kids in hot cars MEAN to do it?! Kudos to Toyota.
One of the best news stories I have ever read was about this phenomenon. They went and talked to several parents that this happened to. All were loving parents and were absolutely destroyed by the event. All of the incidences occurred in circumstances like you described - something out of the routine. It is a systemic issue and not an individual failing. But it makes people feel better to blame the parent because it means that it cannot happen to them.
You guys are doing a fantastic job. I'm so far from being in the market of buying a minivan and still genuinely captivated by the work you are doing for us. Thank you!
That is a nice looking van. Having gone through my “younger” life haphazardly, when I finally had kids, one of my greatest fears was forgetting one of them, at the store, in the car, or something similar. My children are now grown, and thankfully I never forgot one of them. While I’m sure this is included in the price, Including this technology without charging for an add on surprises me.
New dad here looking at vans to upgrade to from an old beat up caravan- this new sienna looks more and more amazing thanks for the deep dive!
and it will probably last 16-18 years :D
Just echoing everyone else in the comments so far, truly excellent work on this one. Cheers to the whole SG team, you guys are killing it
Love tech that serves a real meaningful purpose. Helping to save lives is pretty meaningful. Great video!
It has happened many times in middle east. Kids forgotten in back seat and sometimes in school bus. And the kids were found dead due to heat.
This technology is must for school bus
At least here in the US, it's been mandated for a long time now that school buses have a "check button" at the back of the interior, forcing the driver to walk to the back of the vehicle to turn off an alarm so they can visually inspect for kids. Outside of the US in a case like you mentioned, I'm not so sure...but the low-tech solution is there.
Man, what great content you guys keep doing. One of the best automotive channels, if not the best. Compehensive information, first-hand comments from the brands, humor, knowledge, great edition. Keep it up!
This is a system that should be in all new vehicles moving forward. Toyota could get an R&D ROI by licensing it to other manufacturers. Outstanding job Mark.
the thing is, THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXIST
@@BSFJeebus people are human. Accidents happen.
@@BSFJeebusget off your high horse. This is clearly a problem that can happen, and a device that works towards solving it is a good thing.
Yeah great, another useless crap tech shoved to the consumers (for 100s of $) to prevent the literally few dozen deaths in a country of almost half a billion people. Awesome! In reality this is a Toyota marketing scheme to increase the price of cars with shovelware garbage that no one needs. Awesome!
@@BSFJeebus In a perfect world airbags and seatbelts shouldn't have to exist. Doesn't mean we don't need them
A step further would be to have that sensor ventilate the windows or run the AC until such time that the person has returned to the car. Good start though.
Yes, as a hybrid I was shocked they stopped short of this, or at least turning on the a/c. I can see how opening windows might pose other security threats but at least ac tries to solve the problem, and doesn’t require a running ICE to do it.
If windows"Ventilate", a room, H O W does one ventilate A WINDOW!?
ENGLISH MATTERS
One of the most interesting articles I have ever seen. Well done.
Thank you for those videos, I always tell people that once the kids are older and we need the extra space, I would rather just have a mini van than an SUV, and this feature would definitely be enough to push me over to this over the competition. I do hope that this can be expanded to more family cars, and even if it saves one life, the feature will truly be priceless!
Mr. Goose, this is one of your all time greats. It's the kind of story car nerds would never hear.
This video is exactly why Savagegeese content is unique and insightful. I loved this video and hope you can continue to bring us such content in the future. Getting inside access to the technical team and asking them the right questions was just the cherry on top! ❤
26yo male with no kids and this Sienna genuinely looks nice as hell, and the tech is sick.
Same here, I rented one for giggles one weekend and was impressed.
And 900$ lease for the lowest trim is also sick 😅
Get your Testosterone checked.
@@noidea3177 Me male, me only like things that make no sense. Me like v8 engine, me like no practicality, me like vroom. Me like making my life hard.
@@noidea3177Imagine being so weak that your masculinity hinges on what you're driving.
You guys are the best channel for videos like this. Giving people important information so we can make purchasing decisions that affect our families. I hope you guys are proud of the work you do.
This is the safety systems I wanted to protect my grandchildren, I don’t want all those fancy seats, heated seats, cool seats etc. so thanks Toyota for doing this to save life 🙏 .
I want to donate to your channel on a large level. You’re a genius my man.
Can you ask “what kind of a person would leave a living thing in the car, but what if said person doesn’t lock the door?”
Meaning if you forget a living thing in the car you might forget to lock the door…is there a way to enhance the technology that if the vehicle is stationary and “parked” without the need to lock the door….not trying to get too granular but two things can be true at once
@@nickzirpoli I must say, that even my 2009 small MPV Volswagen Touran has self lock, after while of not doing anything with it. So I guess that newer cars locks themself on regular even quicker. And I could image, you could maybe even tune self lock?
I really wish the luxury vans they offer overseas were offered stateside.
Thanks for covering this vehicle for a standout feature in such detail and, as always, talking to the people that developed it. Top notch work all around.
The built-in vacuum cleaner makes this a tempting offer from Toyota!
I'm not a hater, but other minivans have them too ;)
Just bring over that gorgeous Crown Sport Toyota...that's all I want...
BSM/RCT and forward autobraking being standard on the 22 Corolla was a big selling point when we got ours. I appreciate Toyota putting safety features as standard from the base trim up.
You have to hand it to Toyota for making this technology available with no barrier to entry.
I agree, I love that Toyota doesn't gatekeep vital safety systems. My Corolla (TSS 3.0) doesn't have blind keeping assist, but it has radar cruise control and lane keep assist as well as automatic braking. The important stuff.
Because whatever it costs them to install safety sense, is more than offset by the free advertising they get for it
The barrier to entry is that a base model is 40k.
Agreed. You know if this was GM, it would only be available on the LTZ High Country Platinum Ranch model. If you’re driving a poverty spec, I guess no baby sensor for you.
@@skurtovthat’s every van, pal
FINALLY A REAL CAR NOT A TOY
This is a great video. Love that someone is doing something to help mitigate these tragedies. I have an old 2004 sienna and will only buy Toyota minivans.
The Sienna was one of, if not the first, five star crash rated vehicles and it saved my Dad's life in 1999. He flipped end over end in a car accident. Broke his back and was in a coma for a month. The doctors said if he wasnt driving a Sienna he would've been dead long before help arrived.
Yeah cuz I’m sure doctors know anything about cars or physics
@@latinbeandip It doesn't take a doctor to watch a five star crash test and see how much safer it is. This car was a phenomenon when it first came out as modern cars were beginning to show the advancement in crash testing technology.
Thank you for humanizing the way people forget their kids / pets in the car. I, like you, am sure that no one does this purposely, but this happens. Great Job Toyota!!
Fantastic. They should automatically crack open the windows to let some ventilation in as well. This can help save lives if no one responds to the alarms.
I'll do you one better. Have the engine start, and automatically turn on either AC or heat to maintain a comfortable temperature in the vehicle. It's totally doable.
@@dougrobinson8602unless it’s in the garage…in which case, that could compound an already tough situation, especially if the garage has any level of Temperature control and/or it’s a cool fall day where the child isn’t in danger in the car in the garage….until you add. carbon monoxide to the mix. It’s a good idea but would be worse in a garage situation.
@OPiguy35 it can for a limited time run off of the hybrid battery and an electric compressor. The sienna has been a hybrid since 2020 I believe. This body style at least
Never left babies in the car (Sienna owner since 2015). But, when you have five young kids who can get themselves out, and one has fallen asleep by the time you get home, it's quite easy to miss that even for a short but significant time. Important technology.
Had it happen with our dog. Was all the way back in it Sienna. We got home and went inside. Fortunatelyit want long and realized it. One thing I like about my Tesla, it will never get much over 100F inside, unless the battery gets low.
Thanks so much for this technology. It is the answer to the question I never asked. I found out that our dog would set off the interior proximity alarm on our Ford pick-up when we left her inside the car. We mitigated that by keeping her in a crate in the back. Fortunately, Toyota can now detect that she is breathing in the back of her car and honk the horn incessantantly to let everyone know that we did not bring our dog shopping with us. I think the next solution will be to tie her to the back bumper when we shop and hope that we don't replicate National Lampoon's Vacation.
My wife and I have three girls and a severely autistic son and I can EASILY think of how this can happen, and many other scenarios where a child can end up in a hot car. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to talk about your friend and your non-judgmental take on this is also greatly appreciated.
Hey fellow dad, I understand and share your sentiment. 🫡
I would love to hear such a scenario, please, enlighten us.
Maybe you shouldn't have so many kids then, otherwise what's the point of kids if you can just forget about one or two without noticing for quite a while?..
@@misternordberg3675 It was 1982, my family was visiting our extended family in West Germany (near Düsseldorf). When exiting the van, my parents were negotiating payment to the driver and collecting the luggage and all us kids. No one paid attention that our 85 year old grandmother was asleep in the van. The driver had to come back and drop her off. Maybe a ceiling radar could have avoided that inconvenience for the taxi driver.
Maybe this is technology useful for ride share.
I was NOT expecting this when I clicked on the video. Amazing stuff.
Bought my wife a brand new Sienna woodland for this exact reason. We have two kids, God-willing we have more. You never know when you need this technology until you do.
This is really cool, but I think the big new tech Toyota needs to work on is making enough siennas that there isn’t a 2 year wait for them.
That's changing too. They've already started making more Sienna's instead of Highlander's (they're built on the same assembly line)
My wife, "How could anybody forget their kid in the car?" Me, waiting three hours to be picked up and finally walking home in sub zero weather.
This is such an incredible technology. Hoping that this goes industry-wide -- could save a lot of lives. Bravo, Toyota!
"What are you doing to address my tiny concern that I'm going to yell about?" "Screening people before we sell them a vehicle."
It's great to see old school innovator Texas Instruments isn't dead and are still contributing.
A true family vehicle for Americans.
This is 100x more interesting than reviewing some boring ass luxury barge 99.9999% of people watching car videos will never consider buying.
Thanks for expanding coverage of new vehicle technology. It may not be sexy but it's much more valuable.
Fantastic that a car company did this. Well done Toyota and well done Savage Geese for doing this video!
Hearing "FFT filter" in a mainstream UA-cam video give me a renewed hope in humanity.
I used to think the same thing, "How could you forget your kid?!" Until I had a kid. Now I forget EVERYTHING. Even stupid crap like putting my shoes on before going somewhere. It's easy to forget after you have one kid, let alone several kids.
You must be joking, I'll assume you're joking.
I doubt a child destroyed your cognitive ability.
@@misternordberg3675 you’re either childless or you’re a dad that complains about having to babysit his own kids. Every single parent I know gets what this person is saying.
@@ADUSNI doubt you have a child with that kinda statement you’re making
@@ADUSNnot destroyed, overloaded. While I cannot imagine leaving a child in a hot car, there is ALOT more cognitive load when dealing with multiple children, watching out for them, conversations with them, your spouse or other while tracking the suite of stuff they require as well as looking after their safety. If you’ve never had a cold chill, you’ve not raised a child or you’ve offloaded the responsibility to someone else.
How people forget their children and pets in vehicles is beyond me, but it would be great is if this new tech saves lives. Another great review from Savage Geese!
Thanks!
One of the only videos I’ve watched the entirety of the content on a car review.
Awesome insight! Keep up the great work 👌
at the end of the day, it's not the kid's fault for the actions of their parents; if this saves the life of even one child from dying needlessly, i think it's worth implementing. it should be an optional feature, but since they are including it as standard on all trims, i don't see a major issue as long as it can be completely disabled in settings.
This is really important and I hope all automakers adopt something like this in the future.
We have a 2023 XLE 8-seater and it is such a phenomenal car. Quiet, peaceful, and you can pretty easily hit 40 MPG on the highway.
How difficult was it to find/buy. The cheaper trim lvls seems to be nearly impossible to find in my area chicago. I've hear 1 to 2 year long wait lists.
@@citrusaromathey exist but you'll have to expand your search range.
@@citrusaroma We waited about 9 months to pay $500 (?) over MSRP. We maybe got lucky getting exactly the color and features we wanted too.
Love the tech deep dive, and the tech is clearly going to save lives. Though I’m curious if there is any override possible if say someone wants to sleep in their car like on a road trip or when camping.
Also the Sienna (+ any Toyota Hybrid) is a popular choice for vandwelling (though likely 5-10 years down the line when they’re more affordable.) Obviously these are rare use cases but they do exist. Seems like it’s always on (as it should be) but is there a fuse that can be pulled or a module unplugged?
Yes, it can be turned off in the settings.
It can be muted or disabled easily.
I will hopefully never be in the market for a minivan. However, the deep dive into this tech is remarkable and what I come here for.
This is awesome. Really appreciate the engineering exposé and the PR team letting them talk. Now only if you can interview the genuises who designed the s65 rod bearings..
Brilliant tech! It's this kind of technology that will actually help someone. Thanks for bringing this up, Mark.
The people who worked on this radar system must be brilliant! Amazing
This is a great technology, thanks for doing the deep dive since it's really fascinating how they did it.
I thank you for reliably posting videos that don't have obnoxious sponsors or filler content to drive up runtime. If a video is only 11 minutes worth of content it stays 11 minutes. So I see an 18 minutes, there's something going on that's worth it. If I see a 30 minute video, it's something to really care about. Other channels I see a 30 minute video and it's just a question of how much skipping do I need to do to find the meat of the content, an SG video I never have to scrub around
Finally some tech that provides actual real life value. Hope they can still sell these without a screen on the passenger side of the dash...
Very cool, add to police k9 units
I think this feature is great! Such an awesome safety feature for families.
Metaphoric awesome journey from boring to sublime in a Toyota Sienna minivan. Impressive work. Thanks for the heads up. 🎉😉
10/10, Toyota. No notes.
It can pick up a heartbeat of a sleeping child under a blanket?! That's next level, parents should pay attention to this one
Could this also be used to monitor for someone hiding in the vehicle before you get in, as in a potential abduction situation?
Yes, its part of the plan going forward.
The skin grafts look AMAZING!
I don't get how a parent can forget their kid in the back...or anywhere. That actually helps explain a lot.
They are going to save countless lives
Wow, this was the most interesting mini-van video i've ever seen. That is some really cool technology!
I’ll admit at first I was like why do I need a ceiling radar but hearing Marks explanation I completely reversed my thought process. A momentary slip up can definitely cause a lifetime of regret.
Also, I *R E A L L Y* want a Sienna 😊
It's not a momentary slip up. You would have to forget the infant and walk into the store for several minutes, like, many minutes and not realize it. Idiotic comment.
Great explanation. You show this with details and perspectives that guide me where the focus of technology should be, which is on enhancing human capabilities.
Very cool tech, but I think it needs to allow toggling on/off; maybe something like traction control where default is on. There are purposeful times you leave (some of) your kids in the car while you run in to get another (2-3min run in) and temps outside are 60°F(16°C) and the last thing you want to deal with is your car having a tantrum. I'd rather see a function like Tesla's dog mode that keeps car interior a good atmosphere w/o running the engine. As SG suggested, maybe its activated when this sensor detects life forms.
Thank you for highlighting this technology.
My old c5 audi had somthing like this. If motion was detected via ultrasonic sensors after the car was locked it would trigger the alarm. It would trigger the alarm if the windows were down and the wind blew. I believe it was designed so noone would be left in the car or if you parked your car at night that noone would be waiting inside for you if you came back. Nice to see it coming back in a modern form
Amazing video! Thank you
Thank you Toyota for great baby and pet saver technology. I hope this technology will migrate to all vehicles as standard feature. No mom or dad ever leave their babies or toddlers inside locked vehicles. I fortunately I read or see news of this kind of incident every year. Helpless babies, toddlers, children and pets deserve this kind of protection.
Excellent video. Really cool work by Toyota on this project. 👏
Good job Toyota. Appreciate you catching up on technology Hyundai has been offering for half a decade.