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Gadget converts woofs into words
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Posted by: Tweaker
Are you ready to communicate with your dog? Impossible you say well Takara a Japanese toy maker has made this possible.
]SINGAPORE--If Dr Dolittle can't make animals talk, perhaps Japanese toy maker Takara can.
The company unveiled Thursday a new gadget, called Bowlingual, which can scrutinize and translate a dog's bark into expressions, such as "I've had enough" or "I'm a little bored, let's play." The gizmo was tested on a dog at the Tokyo Toy Show, an annual event featuring electronic games, collectibles and dolls from all over the world. The four-day event ends Sunday.
Bowlingual consists of a wireless microphone, to be attached to the collar, and a terminal which analyzes and matches each "woof" with a set of pre-programmed phrases.
The device detects feelings--including happiness, frustration and sadness--and display the associated expressions on the terminal's screen, Takara said in a statement.
How about a device that will enable them to understand us! Maybe then my backyard wont become a gigantic toilet. 
Source: ZDNet News
Posted by: tkron
He he. My dog who would be out with me would always strive to make a few extra presents for me to clean up when I was in the back yard with the old pooper scooper. I gues he thought it was a game.
Posted by: SKYHN
"Robert, who had a dog that barked all the time, decided to purchase Bowlingual to understand what his dog was saying. The instant Robert put Bowlingual on his dog, he found out what his dog had been saying all these years....'You suck Robert! Why dont you have a girlfriend? I got more B*****s than you!' "
(The preciding story was completely fictional. Any similiarities in the story or anyone named 'Robert' is pureley coincedental)
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