Animals using electronics? (a good topic for an open thread) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2020, 06:59:58 pm
content: I just stumbled across a bunch of stories on pets, and especiallycompanion dogs being easily trained to use touch screen electronicsand thought that might make a good open thread.Something that's fun and possible to implement if we have some idea perhaps. It would be neat to somehow do something interactive with a touch screen and wild animals.(but what?)Edit: It appears that there is a whole discipline called Animal Centered Interface Design.https://web.archive.org/web/20170210031155/http://acid.uclan.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/acm-womens-conference.pdfalso seehttps://theconversation.com/touchscreens-for-dogs-wearables-for-chickens-welcome-to-the-world-of-animal-technology-60978In other news, people have built vending machines that can be used by crows tobuypeanuts.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2020, 08:15:13 pm
content: Mount the screen on a robot so that pets can see their owners from far away.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2020, 01:15:27 am
content: This is an interesting video, and Momo looks like a great dog.Huskies, Malamutes, Samoyeds, etc. are (IMHO, a little biased here, because I've owned 3 of them) far more fun than most dogs, because they are very independently minded, very smart, so much so that they are almost human.The robot she has has a non-functional front left wheel. Its preventing the robot from moving around properly.But I do think the concept is a great one. Assuming its not too expensive, sure, I'd get one for when I was away, so I could see what my dog was up to while I was gone, why not?

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2020, 01:14:07 pm
content: This 'may' be 'partially' off topic... but years back when I moved from Adelaide to Perth, (Australia), I brought my CAT!We keep our cats inside at night, for all the obvious reasons, but give them freedom during the day time. THIS cat wasok for a while, as it knew where it was fed/loved, but slowly started to roam more & more, and for longer periods...So I had a 'bright' idea, and attached an old junk iPhone-3 to it, and some tracking software at home, to try and seewhere it went!! (Ha ha..). The cat ended up disappearing down some distant storm water drains, and never came back.So much for electronics! I know you can rent stuff from the Council, but it's quite expensive!

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2020, 03:34:06 pm
content: Ooof, not to sound like a downer, but strapping stuff to free roaming cats is not a good idea. Even collars can be trouble and may cause the cat to get stuck somewhere.I shudder thinking about the cat with the phone stapped to it's back getting stuck in a storm drain somewhere

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2020, 08:19:36 pm
content: Did you at least go to the place to see if you could find the cat?

author: duckduck
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2020, 09:08:24 pm
content: A classic:http://www.thecrowbox.com/This guy built a coin-op vending machine for crows. He expects wild corvids to pay US$0.25 per peanut? Even a hungry pigeon wouldn't take that deal!

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2020, 10:22:17 pm
content: hers my cat storycatfight in electronics. always needed an excuse to clean up the Leb .this poor intruder picked the wrong cat-door! to take food from.the ginger is the security guard

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 01:33:36 am
content: Quote from: duckduck on December 01, 2020, 09:08:24 pmQuote

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 03:08:26 am
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on December 01, 2020, 08:19:36 pmIt was only on the cat for a few hours, and then removed. Later, it would wander a fair way, and we noticed itoften going down street drains. Eventually we never saw it again!

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 07:52:09 am
content: Quote from: jonovid on December 01, 2020, 10:22:17 pmThat place needs a good clean-out. How on earth can you operate in that environment?

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 08:45:55 am
content: Quote from: AntiProtonBoy on December 02, 2020, 07:52:09 amso true. the other room its up to the ceiling. I keep a lot more then I dump.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 10:18:24 am
content: Laika the dog and Ham the astrochimp like this thread.

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2020, 04:53:57 pm
content: animals in space. animal to instrument interface designs started with NASA in the 1950s.https://history.nasa.gov/animals.htmlOperation Acoustic Kitty” was a secret plan to turn cats into portable electronic spying devices.https://www.history.com/news/cia-spy-cat-espionage-fail

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2020, 11:26:30 pm
content: He's making a huge profit on the peanuts from those crows.. that smacks of exploitation.Quote from: duckduck on December 01, 2020, 09:08:24 pm

author: DrG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2021, 08:04:43 pm
content: Although there are no electronics involved, I am posting because of their shocking lack of defensehttps://rumble.com/vc67y1-rats-show-off-their-basketball-skills.html

author: ucanel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2021, 10:37:07 pm
content: https://youtu.be/qyJomdyjyvMLong version, Vsauce Michael vs Chimphttps://youtu.be/ktkjUjcZid0My question:I could not figure out how i need to add youtube links to my messagesso it can be seen as if in the above messages.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2021, 06:25:11 am
content: Quote from: ucanel on January 01, 2021, 10:37:07 pmDon't shorten the URL to "youtu.be", it needs to be the full proper URL of "youtube.com".

author: AlbertL
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2021, 12:34:55 pm
content: My favorite example: see the string of posts beginning here...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/stock-electronic-image-fails/msg3312448/#msg3312448

author: ucanel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2021, 03:58:44 pm
content: Thanks for the reply.I could not find how to directly copy the full link fromyoutube app on android soi copy the link from phone thanpaste it to the internet browser on the phone andbrowser converted the shortened link to the full onegot the full link from internet browserthat is the end producthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJomdyjyvM&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkjUjcZid0&feature=youtu.be