Internet giant Google is reportedly planning to develop its wearable computing device Google Glass for dogs with occupation.
According
to New York Post, Google has teamed up with Georgia Institute of
Technology, in order to develop a wearable computer system that could
give bomb-sniffing and cadaver dogs an easier way to communicate with
their handlers, or even let man see the world through an animal's eyes.
The
project called FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with
Occupations) could allow pooches to bite down on or otherwise activate a
sensor which can send information to its handler.
Google
Glass is expected to be released to the mass market next year and its
technical lead Thad Starner, has joined professors at the Georgia
Institute to develop a computerized harness to assist working dogs.
Associate
Professor Melody Jackson said that the dogs being tested for devices
which could activate sensors have been found to have quickly got the
hang of the sensors, which they activated using their mouths.
Jackson
added that the gear is being eyed for everythingthe deadly-serious
business of bomb detecting or helping the blind to letting owners know
when a dog has to go out or when it's time to be fed, the report added.
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