Tail Monitor Tracks Canine Emotion
@...@ It*s called the DogStar TailTalk and it proceeds from the premise that, with a little technological intervention, we humans ©can read a dog*s specific emotions by the way it wags its tail// The device includes a lightweight sensor that wraps around your poochie*s tail and monitors movement with an internal accelerometer and gyroscope//
@...@ That information is then beamed wirelessly to a phone app, which translates the movements into a kind of emotional readout// ©According to the Indiegogo page, certain types of tail movement are specific emotional indicators// Wagging to the left, for instance, indicates negative feelings like fear, anxiety or aggression// Wagging to the right suggests positive feelings like happiness or excitement//