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#The world first dog emotion tracker has been created to help humans understand their pets FINALLY! A tech company has decided to use the internet of things to give the people what they really need. No longer will you be left to hopelessly wonder what your dog might be thinking this new gadget promises to translate the complex language your pooch is speaking. New york-based firm Dogstar has created a device it describes as the orld first dog emotion sensor Known as Tailtalk, the product is a Fitbit-esque device placed on your dog tail to capture and analyse its every emotion. ail wagging is asymmetric and includes complex emotional signals that the human eye cannot recognise, the company wrote. Consulting with professors from the College of Veterinary medicine in Cornell University, the company established the direction a dog wags its tail directly reflected its mood. Dogs wagging their tails to the left were found to be expressing negative emotions such as fear, anxiety and aggression, while dogs with tails wagging to the right were showing positive feelings like happiness, excitement and satisfaction. With this in mind, Dogstar created a 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope to help monitor and record canine emotions in real-time. Taking things a step further, the Dogstar team created an app which links to the device. ogstar products are based on the latest canine neuroscience. Translating the position of the tail and how it wagging, the Tail Tracker delivers messages straight from the heart of your furry friend to your smartphone, Dogstar wrote. This means owners can examine a dashboard to examine their dog appiness overview motional graphand motional diary Chief operation officer Mike Karp said for the past nine months, the company had been building and testing prototypes of the product. he testing is going really great, he told Motherboard. ur biggest initial worry was about whether it would stay on the tail, and whether dogs would mind it. e have spent a lot of time testing that and finding that most dogs think about it for about 30 seconds before moving on. Confident in the product it had established, the company launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indigogo to help raise the funds required to get the Tailtalk into mass production. And it appears like Dogstar really are giving the people what they want, with the company raising $au40, 000 of its $au140, 000 target in just 24 hours. By contributing, pet owners will be only pay $au140 for the Tailtalk which is expected to retail for $au180. If all goes to plan, the product will be available for purchase from October next year e

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