Hi I'm Catie Wayne and this is animalist-squirrel!
So we've all seen the Pixar movie "Up"
If you haven't I don't know what's wrong with you.
We all know the lovable character of the dog - "Dug"
with this little translator and it makes him speak and it's really cute
and he's all like "Hi, I'm Dug and I love you" and it's really cute
But now Dug's English translator may become a reality.
Scandinavian inventor - Studio Total have launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $10,000
for their doggy intercommunication headset.
Here is how it works: the headset sits on the dogs head and electroencephalographic technology
records electrical activity along the scalp. Nailed it!
Voltage fluctuations caused by ionic current flow in the brain are then translated
by a Raspberry Pi computer via loud speaker.
Although every mammal creates thought signals as a swarm of electrical signals
dog's signals might indicate a mental state more than a thought.
So while you might learn that your dog is hungry he might actually be thinking of his new toy.
As of right now this doggy doohickey is a work in progress that can only distinguish
two or three thought patterns such as: hunger, tiredness and curiosity.
Chances are you can already tell when your dog is feelings those ways.
So the team is now trying to find an algorithm that can learn deeper thoughts over time
and speak in short sentences like: My name is Catie and I love you.
What would you pay to be able to talk to your dog? So much
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