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Computer Can Help Your Dog Communicate

Posted January 16, 2008 8:25 AM

From Yahoo! News: Technology News:

Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs' basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar said. Molnar and his colleagues at Budapest's ELTE University have tested software which distinguishes the emotional reaction of 14 dogs of the Hungarian Mudi herding breed to six situations: When the dog is alone, when it sees a ball, it fights, it plays, it encounters a stranger or it goes for a walk.

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Re: Computer Can Help Your Dog Communicate

01/17/2008 7:37 PM

Looks like the universal translator from Star Trek may become a reality!

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Re: Computer Can Help Your Dog Communicate

01/18/2008 5:30 PM

Roger ,Dodger.....

Over, Rover !....

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