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Speak, Fido: Device Promises Dog Translations
Live Science ^ | January 03, 2014 | Marc Lallanilla

Posted on 01/05/2014 6:06:02 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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Speak, Fido: Device Promises Dog Translations

A dog may be man's best friend, but if people ever figure out what dogs are really thinking, will the friendship sour?

That's a risk that a few inventors in Europe are willing to take: They've received funding to develop "No More Woof," an electronic device that promises to analyze dogs' brain waves and translate a few of their thoughts into rudimentary English.

It's still a work in progress, but once No More Woof is ready for the market, it will join a wide range of other scientific efforts aimed at "breaking the language barrier between animals and humans," as the inventors state on their IndieGoGo.com fundraising page.

Developed by the design team at the Sweden-based Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery (NSID), the No More Woof is a lightweight headset, sized for dogs, with sensors that can record electroencephalogram (EEG) readings.

The EEG readings are then analyzed by a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which will, according to NSID, be programmed to translate those EEG readings into simple phrases like, "I'm hungry," or "Who is that person?" Once translated, those phrases will be reported over a small speaker.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: canines; communication; dog; doggieping; dogs; eeg; epigraphyandlanguage; k9; lostintranslation; woof
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1 posted on 01/05/2014 6:06:03 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER
No translation needed.



Damn its cold out here. You need to let me poop inside.
2 posted on 01/05/2014 6:11:08 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DogByte6RER

I already hear from my wife and three kids.... I might move into the barn if my German Shepherd starts telling me what she thinks too!


3 posted on 01/05/2014 6:12:26 PM PST by volunbeer
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To: DogByte6RER
Well, we can always use them as a compass.
4 posted on 01/05/2014 6:14:59 PM PST by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
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To: DogByte6RER
It's been done.

;)

5 posted on 01/05/2014 6:15:13 PM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: DogByte6RER

“Squirrel!”


6 posted on 01/05/2014 6:16:54 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: DogByte6RER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH0jWXq5vyU


7 posted on 01/05/2014 6:18:42 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: DogByte6RER

Anti-bark shock collar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYWmZUzBqA


8 posted on 01/05/2014 6:23:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Salamander
It's been done.

You beat me to it :-)

9 posted on 01/05/2014 6:26:26 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

I have that pre-saved, just in case.

LOL


10 posted on 01/05/2014 6:28:14 PM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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11 posted on 01/05/2014 6:28:30 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: mountn man

LOL


12 posted on 01/05/2014 6:30:16 PM PST by kjam22 (my newest music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gNI9bWO3s)
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To: Ezekiel

Spot on.

[no pun intended]

;]


13 posted on 01/05/2014 6:37:58 PM PST by Salamander (Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
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To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

Dogs think in English? Who knew?


14 posted on 01/05/2014 6:39:57 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

15 posted on 01/05/2014 6:41:40 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

16 posted on 01/05/2014 6:42:26 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: DogByte6RER; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows

17 posted on 01/05/2014 6:43:42 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: DogByte6RER

I have to tell you about the most educated dog I have known.

It happened at the dog park. A clearly upper class lady called to her purebred pooch before they got back into their Volvo to drive home to the hills to come to the community water fountain:

“Come on here Herbert, rejuvenate yourself!”

How many dogs do you know who would understand the word ‘rejuvenate’? How many low information voters, while we are at it?


18 posted on 01/05/2014 6:48:46 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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19 posted on 01/05/2014 7:12:03 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: DogByte6RER

20 posted on 01/05/2014 7:18:23 PM PST by Bobalu (The true secret to genius is in creativity, not in technical mechanics)
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