Animals no longer need human help to establish their social media dominance!
- Joey
- Apr 18, 2016
- 2 min read
Wondering what the next big thing on social media could possibly be after almost every avenue has been explored from Pinterest to Vines, from Instagram to Tumblr, from Snapchat to Tinder?!
Well be ready to be surprised First seen by Co.Create, the Posting Tail is a camera-equipped vest you can put on your dog that will sense when it is happy!
The vest works by detecting when the dog is wagging it’s tail excitedly and snapping a photo. There is a sensor wrapped around the dog’s tail that will detect whether or not the tail wagging is “normal wagging” or “excited wagging” and snap photos when it determines the dog’s tail is wagging “excitedly.”There is also a Wi-Fi dongle in the vest that allows any photo taken to be uploaded directly to the dog’s Facebook page, or any Facebook page. Additionally, GPS data is collected to show all the fun places the dog has been. The more photos from any individual place means that dog had a lot of fun there! The camera sits toward the tail and faces the back of your dog’s head so you can see exactly what it sees when it’s supposedly happy.
The vest, developed by dog food brand Pedigree and ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi Madrid, uses a Raspberry Pi computer board hooked to a sensor on the dog’s tail to sense its movement. The board is able to tell the difference between a normal tail wag and a so-called happy tail wag, so it won’t just take pictures all day if your dog’s tail is perpetually in motion. But some dogs may not appreciate having a sensor band wrapped around their tail.
The Posting Tail is not yet available to the public, but you can go to (Pedigree.es) and register to win a week-long trial with the vest.
Get to know your best friend better and make your best friend happier than ever!
[via Co.Create]
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