Latest must-have for baby -- a pram with aircon?

TEL AVIV, Feb 6 (Reuters) Most parents worried about their baby getting too hot in a pram will adjust blankets or head for shade, but one dad wanted a more high tech solution for his young daughter -- a portable air conditioner.

''At first I was trying to cool her off with a hand-held fan.

Then I thought of a much simpler idea -- a little air conditioner,'' Israeli Ofir Ben Aharon told Reuters.

The device, which weighs less than two kilo looks like a motorised fan attached to the end of about a half-metre long pipe that can be fitted under a typical pram.

An air vent connected to the other side of the pipe is fitted with a puppet so it can be propped inside, looking like just another of baby's stuffed toys.

Ben Aharon says he wants to market the battery-operated machine in Europe and the United States in the next few months, although he has not yet come up with a retail price.

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