A researcher at Glasgow University has already designed a phone for dogs and a play dating system for parrots
Scientists are using interactive digital devices to transform animal communication, working towards an “animal internet” with video calls for parrots and dogs.
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, a lecturer and researcher at Glasgow University, runs the Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) group and has developed interfaces allowing long-distance calls for pets, as well as interactive enrichment systems for zoo animals like monkeys and giraffes.
Many animals we keep are often naturally highly social creatures, yet they are not kept in the kind of…
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