Your dog missing? Call his/her mobile phone!
“Measuring approximately 5 cm/2-inch wide, 2.5 cm/1-inch thick and 9.4 cm/3.7-inch long, the PetsCell sets the standard for GPS tacking devices for pets.”
In March 2006 a company called Pet Mobility will debut this first mobile phone for canines. The PetCell is a bone shaped device that hangs off the hound’s collar. It has its own number and after dialling the owner can speak to their dog via its two way speakers. The dog can of course bark back too.
The PetCell also has an option called GeoFence that will alert owners whenever their dog wanders beyond preset parameters, and built-in temperature sensors to indicate if the dog is too hot or cold. Owners can even attach a camera to the collar and get a wireless feed of exactly what their dog is looking at. Given that this is often like to be the rear end of another hound it is perhaps not too enticing a prospect. It’ll sell for around $400 in the US, though there’s no news yet on a European launch.
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