Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Pet Your Chicken Over the Internet (Seriously)


As reported on by Alex over at Neatorama, the National University of Singapore’s Mixed Reality Lab has actually developed a way for an owner to physically pet his chicken through the series of tubes. Here's an excerpt from the web page:
The idea was inspired by acts of pets and animal abuse through lack of welfare. This system enables humans to provide care for pets even though they are physically not together. The system enables a human to remotely touch her pet which is kept at home while she is away(in her office), and at the same time monitor the movement of the pet. This is realized by using a doll, which resembles the real pet located remotely, sitting on a mechanical positioning table. The pet owner interacts with the real pet by touching the doll.

I think we ALL know where this is going...go go gadget "interactive" adult websites.

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