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Get Me This Collar!

Hey bitches! I know it's been a while. It's been warm out and I've been spending most of my days trying to escape outside. You know how it is. Its tough being an indoor cat. Anyway... someone step up and get me this collar for my birthday. It's in august! I was gonna rip on lazy and stupid cats that don't know how to blog but damn this would be so much easier for me. I'd have more time to bum around.

Sony Designs Twitter Cat Collar

Sony and the University of Tokyo have developed a device that attaches to cats to allow the cat's activities to be posted as tweets on the Twitter micro-blogging site.

It's called Cat@Log . The scientists say that it is part of a new area of research on “human-pet interaction.”

The so-called 'lifelogging" device is a small camera, GPS and Bluetooth that is attached around the cat's neck.

Researchers say they attempted to determine an optimum design of the devices so they can be attached to a pet without causing it discomfort.

Preprogrammed phrases are triggered in real time based on what the cat is doing. Activities that trigger tweets include eating, running, and sleeping. There are currently 11 phrases but Sony plans to add more phrases.

Researchers claim the device has can recognize other cats' faces taken by the camera embedded in the device.

Sony's Computer Science Lab demonstrated a prototype of the device at Open House 2010. It is a chance for Sony to show retailers products the company plans to launch in the coming months.

cat@log: human animal interaction platform from rkmtlab on Vimeo.