At Last--Phones for Dogs
Note:I first saw mention of this--phones for dogs--last Friday, then when I went to blog it, I could find no trace of it anywhere. Not via Google, not via blogdex, nowhere. I was really worried that my unconscious had made it up out of whole cloth for some unfathomable reason. This isn't the original article I saw, but at least it exists...
In Finland they are now selling a combination mobile phone and GPS system to help hunters keep track of their dogs when they're out hunting.
The GPS is to locate the dogs and the mobile phone is to listen to their barks and, presumably, their breathing so the hunter can tell if they're going fast or slow or if they've found a bear (hey, I don't make this stuff up). They were originally designed so the hunters could talk to the dogs, but apparently this just annoyed the dogs so it isn't an option in the final version.
Comments
Except for the GPS, jeez, they could just tape a cellphone to the dog. It worked for the clubbing teenager and the sleepwalking guy in the wireless commercials....
Posted by: TM(tm) | August 27, 2002 12:09 AM
I swear (swear-to-god!) that the first article I saw on this topic said that this system would allow hunters to locate their dogs when they were 'hundreds of miles' away.
My first thought was, man, can those dogs run!
My second: what are they using for weapons, rocket launchers?
Posted by: debco | August 27, 2002 07:36 AM
I believe you! LOLOL.
Posted by: TM(tm) | August 27, 2002 04:36 PM