When your dog looks at you, how many times have you asked yourself what he wants to tell you? Surely, on some of these occasions, you have thought: I wish I could express it in words! You try to interpret what you want or how you feel; you speak to him as if he were going to answer you and, in short, you interpret with little certainty what he needs.Well, a group of Japanese inventors designed a contraption that, they say, can translate what that your dog wants or feels .

The device was developed by a toy company, but it is not a simple toy.The owner of the company Takara states that his invention translates the grunts and barks to human emotions and even lets you know how your dog's day went.
How does it work?
The gadget has a small microphone hooked to the dog's collar.When this barks or emits a sound , it compares it to some patterns, looking for matches.Once the wave type is found issued, send a signal to a translator .This converts into canine emotions such as happiness, alarm, frustration, desire, sadness or intention to communicate something .Combining the signals results in a phrase that appears on the screen that the master carries.
The phrases are of the type: « I get bored «, « I don't like «,« Play with me «...At the end of the day, the invention counts sentences and gives you information on how your dog's day has gone .If there are many phrases of happiness, I will tell you that your pet has had a great day and if, for example, it has been boring you will also know.
The Japanese toy company thinks dogs are part of our lives and that it is important to understand them well and, in some way, be able to communicate rnos with them.The project is called Dolittle, as the character who talked to animals.They are working on a extension of the invention that, through the mobile phone and with the help of a transmitter in the translator device, you can go informing you how your pet is at any time of the day.
Other canine translators
Scandinavian researchers have One more step in the creation of a device to translate what dogs feel and mean.Their invention seems to be that reads the brain waves of the dog , which is wearing a kind of helmets in your head, and translates them into words that emits a small speaker .As if the dog spoke to us!
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We do not know if these inventions work or if it is better to continue as before, interpreting what our dog wants based on love and the dedication we put into it.What do you think?
If you are interested in knowing more about the language of your pets, you may want to read the article about the curious language of cats.
Images: Frans de Wit
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