The Bowlingual Bark Translator

Posted by John Farrier in Animals & Pets, Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on August 8, 2009 at 4:35 pm

This gadget, developed by the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy, will allegedly translate a dog’s barks:

The gadget can tell you if your dog is sad, joyful, alert to danger, needy, happy or frustrated.

The £129 gadget can be placed on the dog’s collar and includes a receiver which would translate the dogs’ barks. The translated bark is displayed on the receiver which also plays in audio phrases like ‘I feel sad’ or ‘Leave me alone’ (no phrases about desiring a juicy steak?) the toy will hit the Japanese market on August 27th

Note that the device will only translate a dog’s barks into Japanese, so those of you not fluent in that language may wish to get some help when using it.

Link via Geekologie

 
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Game of LIFE Gets a Reality Check

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on January 21, 2009 at 2:14 am

Did you used to play the board game LIFE, with those little cars with room for a pink mom, a blue dad, and two kids in the backseat as you motored predictably through college, job, marriage, home-buying, etc?

Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy is coming out with a "spicy" version of the game where a lousy economy, gambling sprees, shotgun weddings, and disappearing family members are the norm. 

The name of the game comes from a Japanese idiom meaning "life’s a roller coaster" and is expected to hit the stores in April.

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