Saturday, July 13, 2013

Google wants to make Google Glass for employed dogs…



According to reports, Google is planning to develop its wearable device Google Glass for dogs that are working. The project named FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupation) will allow pooches to bite down or activate a sensor which can send information to its handler.


Google to make glass for occupational dogs
Dog wearing google glass
New York Post reports that Google (led by the technical lead of Google’s hot new product, Thad Starner) has collaborated with Georgia Institute of Technology to develop this device which would enhance the communication between bomb-sniffing dogs and their owners.

The Google Glass for humans has not yet been released to the public (except to developers) although it is expected to be released next year.  Dogs are currently testing the device which would allow a dog to activate a sensor which then activates a tone that is heard through an earpiece. It is expected that the technology will eventually be able to transmit video from a dog to a human heads-up display.

There has been a relative success in the trials according to Associate Professor Melody Jackson who stated that three tested dogs were able to activate the device quickly using their mouth. Despite Google Glass not being available for public use, there have been hostilities for the device in various quarters because of people’s privacy which has suddenly become a very sensitive issue over the past week. Snowden’s saga has shown that people now take their privacy very serious.

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