It is known that dogs serve as a kind of conversation starter that helps break the ice and start conversations among their owners. Therefore, given this feature of communication, the Boston company SNIF Labs has developed a special collar for dogs that allows their owners to communicate offline and online. SNIF Tag is a small RFID device that is attached to the collar and records all movements of the dog and all her encounters. Each SNIF Tag has a unique signal that is captured by other SNIF Tag, which are other dogs. When the dog with the collar, walking somewhere in the park, meets a dog with a similar collar, her collar records all the information and then loads it automatically at the base station, which is the owner of the house. Then the owner of the dog can enter the profiles of other dog owners and decide who he wants to communicate online.
In addition to monitoring the social interactions dogs, SNIF Tags can also measure the motor activity of dogs.
The owners of the dogs can watch the actual motion the dogs, at home, not necessarily being present for a walk with her, because all information is recorded. The degree of activity can be defined as the hourly, daily or monthly. Owner of the dog can also compare the activity of your dog on the other.
The cost of such a collar $ 299, including an annual web maintenance.
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