[nagdu] FW: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their OwnWearable Technology

[Doug Parisian]

Hey, this idea doesn't bother me at all, as long as there is no invasion 
into the dog, like skull opening, and that no additional stress is added; 
our guides have enough responsibilities.

Doug: my wearable technology says, "time for beer."

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Subject: [nagdu] FW: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their 
OwnWearable Technology


: This is quite fascinating, and perhaps useful. My first reaction was that
: our dogs have enough to do without having to give us information we can
: usually figure out for ourselves. But, like everything new, it's probably
: best not to judge its worth prematurely. Read on!
:
: Sherrill
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: Subject: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own Wearable
: Technology
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: Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own Wearable Technology
: Wearable computing seems to be the next frontier. The Pebble watch and
: Google Glass are being raved about, but wearable technology doesn't just
: have to be for humans. Researchers at Georgia Tech are working on a system
: called FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations. The
: idea is that the dog could activate a sensor that would then transmit 
either
: a verbal command into a headset or a visual command onto a screen. For
: example, a bomb sniffer dog could tell his handler what kind of bomb it 
is,
: or a rescue dog could alert someone that he found an injured person. A 
guide
: dog could tell us that there is an obstruction to our right or in front of
: us. According to the article in technology review, "In an early study, the
: researchers equipped a dog vest with an Arduino microprocessor and tested
: four different sensors that dogs could activate by biting, tugging, or
: putting their mouth nearby. The three service dogs participating in the 
test
: quickly learned to activate the sensors to set off a tone."
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