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A neuralic is a chip implanted under the skull and used to communicate between the brain and a computer. The author of this project is Elion Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla. The device, implanted under the human skull, is expected to connect to brain cells via 1024 tiny electrodes. It then connects to a computer using Bluetooth technology. However, the company stresses that it is looking for another radio technology to significantly increase data transfer. The device’s battery is supposed to last a full day, but after all, it has to recharge somehow. And here’s where it gets interesting, because charging is supposed to be done wirelessly, simply through the skin. Installing the implant will require drilling a hole in the skull. Realizing the complexity of the process, Elon Musk’s startup is building a special robot designed specifically for the entire surgical process. And this one takes into account opening the scalp, removing part of the skull, then inserting hundreds of “thread-like” electrodes along with a chip and finally closing the incision. Musk added that the robot is meant to bypass blood vessels to avoid bleeding. Musk organized a special presentation where he introduced three pigs: Joyce, Dorothy and Gertruda. Animal testing is just the beginning. Ultimately, the implant is to be implanted under the human skull. Let’s remember this experiment. Someday the history books will write about him: it was then that the implementation of the idea of transhumanism began. The entire presentation, while obviously very interesting, did not provide any major specifics. A reading of Gertrude’s pig brain activity was presented, but the computer did not explain in real time what the various “dots” and “hills” actually meant. The eccentric millionaire, however, talked about Neuralink’s target capabilities in his style. He pointed out that memories could be saved and played back in the future and such stored data could be uploaded to a new body or robot. They are also less distant and therefore more realistic applications for Neuralink. The device could connect to our handheld smart devices, such as smartwatches, and provide much more accurate data on our body temperature, stress and so on. At the same time, he will be able to warn us much earlier about a possible heart attack. Ultimately, Neuralink is expected to help us treat a variety of neurological conditions. Deterioration of memory, brain damage, but also depression and other illnesses, which are either impossible or very difficult to cure, will be one of the directions of the device development.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/elon-musk-unveils-brain-chip-implant-fitbit-skull/story?id=72703840

A neuralic is a chip implanted under the skull and used to communicate between the brain and a computer. The author of this project is Elion Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla. The device, implanted under the human skull, is expected to connect to brain cells via 1024 tiny electrodes. It then connects to a computer using Bluetooth technology. However, the company stresses that it is looking for another radio technology to significantly increase data transfer. The device’s battery is supposed to last a full day, but after all, it has to recharge somehow. And here’s where it gets interesting, because charging is supposed to be done wirelessly, simply through the skin. Installing the implant will require drilling a hole in the skull. Realizing the complexity of the process, Elon Musk’s startup is building a special robot designed specifically for the entire surgical process. And this one takes into account opening the scalp, removing part of the skull, then inserting hundreds of “thread-like” electrodes along with a chip and finally closing the incision. Musk added that the robot is meant to bypass blood vessels to avoid bleeding. Musk organized a special presentation where he introduced three pigs: Joyce, Dorothy and Gertruda. Animal testing is just the beginning. Ultimately, the implant is to be implanted under the human skull. Let’s remember this experiment. Someday the history books will write about him: it was then that the implementation of the idea of transhumanism began. The entire presentation, while obviously very interesting, did not provide any major specifics. A reading of Gertrude’s pig brain activity was presented, but the computer did not explain in real time what the various “dots” and “hills” actually meant. The eccentric millionaire, however, talked about Neuralink’s target capabilities in his style. He pointed out that memories could be saved and played back in the future and such stored data could be uploaded to a new body or robot. They are also less distant and therefore more realistic applications for Neuralink. The device could connect to our handheld smart devices, such as smartwatches, and provide much more accurate data on our body temperature, stress and so on. At the same time, he will be able to warn us much earlier about a possible heart attack. Ultimately, Neuralink is expected to help us treat a variety of neurological conditions. Deterioration of memory, brain damage, but also depression and other illnesses, which are either impossible or very difficult to cure, will be one of the directions of the device development.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/elon-musk-unveils-brain-chip-implant-fitbit-skull/story?id=72703840

According to a study by Polish doctor Michał Kosiński, artificial intelligence, using facial features, is able to recognize even sexual orientation or political views. To check this, a special algorithm must be used. The algorithm which was invented by a doctor from Poland is able to read this information even from a photo which you have on your profile. The algorithm first learned to recognize photos of people who self-identified as liberals or conservatives. He then began the analysis himself. From more than a million photos, AI correctly identified the political views of up to 72 percent of people. This is more than the analysis done by humans (55 percent). and more than a random choice (50 percent). The algorithm proved even more effective than a questionnaire with 100 questions about political views – here the effectiveness was 63 percent.
Examining political preferences based on appearance is not Dr. Kosinski’s first such study. In 2017, he and his college colleague Dr. Yilun Wangiem presented research proving that an algorithm can successfully determine someone’s sexual orientation with 91 percent accuracy. for men and 83 for women based on just five photos. The report on the study’s findings caused quite a controversy, with many scientists even calling it “nonsense”. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of algorithms to analyze human faces is getting better and better. On the one hand, it is extremely helpful in searching for missing persons, detecting the perpetrators of crimes, and on the other, it creates a huge field for abuse and manipulation for representatives of political power. The Stanford University researcher’s study was not conducted on city surveillance images, but on social media. Indeed, the algorithm is based on a collection of more than 1 million photographs of citizens of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom obtained from Facebook, Instagram and other sites. The algorithm was tasked with assigning each photo to one of two political groups: liberals or conservatives, omitting characteristics such as pay, skin color, or age.

However, it is unclear how the algorithm would behave if it were asked to define the political views of random people picked up from the crowd. Besides, most people’s political preferences and views are more complex than a simple liberal-conservative system. It’s unclear how AI would behave if asked for more detailed analysis. It is likely that over time the algorithm may be refined and will be able to read more from our appearance and our faces. This, Dr. Kosinski admits, can be dangerous if used improperly. Facial recognition systems used in China or the US are already able to effectively monitor citizens. In the United States, social activists work to limit government interference in the privacy of citizens and call for monitoring to be kept to a minimum. However, in China the authorities, using a city monitoring system, are able not only to check whether the citizens properly sort their rubbish, but also, thanks to a facial recognition system, can do shopping without cash, identify themselves in a bank, and recently it turned out that Beijing is using this system to supervise the ethnic minority of Uighurs. During rallies and protests, the faces of participants are recorded, data is saved and used when necessary. Not surprisingly, the most radical social activists are calling for a ban on this technology and the elimination of urban monitoring systems. However, Dr. Michal Kosinski emphasizes that the problem is not the algorithm or the system, but the people and how they use these systems. Dr. Kosinski, coordinator of the myPersonality project, is one of the creators of an algorithm that accurately describes the personality model of each social media user based on their online activity. This algorithm was used by Cambridge Analytica, which obtained the data of nearly 90 million people without their consent and used it to create a tool to influence voter preferences, and thus the outcome of elections. Probably because of this company, Donald Trump won the 2016 election. Kosinski explains that he is not to blame for the Cambridge Analytica scandal -. It’s not my fault. I didn’t build the bomb. I only showed that it exists,” he said in an interview with the Swiss “Das Magazyn”. In an interview with the daily Neue Zurcher Zeitung, he argues that Facebook is “fantastic for democracy,” but that we must accept that it’s time to say goodbye to our privacy and anonymity, which is actually unique in human history. For millennia, people lived in small groups, everyone knew everything about each other, and it was only with the rise of cities, large agglomerations, that people became anonymous and gained what we today define as privacy. According to Kosiński, people will not escape from technology, they must learn to live with it so that it harms them as little as possible. There is no way back, we will not become nomads and gatherers again,” argues the scientist. With the loss of anonymity, we have gained access to new services and products based on digital technologies. And this is the future of humanity.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79310-1

Thailand’s Chulanglonghorm University wants to give life to old smartphones. Researchers came up with the idea of using phones that are no longer in use and turning them into microscopes for students. For this purpose, samsung has allocated 500 devices. There are to be 2 500 microscopes for 500 schools across the country. We are facing a huge problem with electro-waste and these solutions can be very helpful. Why throw away devices that still work when we can use them for a good cause. There are also many other ideas for using old smartphones models. Some people convert them into a home monitoring system, a TV remote control, an alarm clock, an electronic nanny, a music player, a digital photo frame or a webcam.

Did you buy yourself a new phone? Maybe you got a business device with Dual-SIM support and your private smartphone is redundant? Chances are you’ve accumulated several older appliances over the years that are lying useless in a closet. Android was unveiled in 2008, and you’ve surely had more than one phone/tablet that ran on this very operating system. Even older Android devices have great capabilities. You just need to find the right way to use them, which will allow you to give them a second life. Even if you think that you have a seemingly weak phone/tablet, which technical specification does not surprise anyone anymore, for the following applications it should be completely sufficient.With a special app and literally a few minutes of configuration time, your old Android device can be turned into a controller for your Windows, Mac or Linux computer. Would you like easy access to your home computer from the office or vice versa? Your old Android phone or tablet can be a great device to remotely control your computer. Even older Android devices have enough processing power to serve as a smart remote from which you will be able to manage most of the devices in your home or office. This useful solution will allow you and your household to easily configure devices such as your home theater, TV, Chromecast, and more. Your old seemingly useless devices can help scientists discover great things like cancer cures or detect earthquakes. You can get all this by installing the right app to make the computing power of your device available for scientific research. Of course, one device doesn’t have it enough to be useful to scientists, but if you choose one of the more popular options you can contribute to scientific research. Why buy a dedicated IP surveillance camera when you can use an old Android device? On top of that, there is a good chance that it will have a better camera than a dedicated camera. An old smartphone or phone can easily serve as a device that will allow you to monitor your home, desk or any other location of your choice. More powerful apps have built-in motion detection features that send a notification to your phone.You can set up your old Android device with the app of your choice such as Skype, Hangouts, Google Duo or any other app to make video calls with it. You can set it up in the location of your choice and plug it in, or use the docking station if you have one. If you have more than one old Android device, you can create a whole videoconferencing system by placing them in different places in your home or office and giving them individual names. Such solutions have one advantage. When talking to colleagues on your phone, you can still answer calls. There are many more uses for old phones. Instead of hiding it in a drawer, think about how you can make use of a device that was once very useful and can also be useful now.

https://interestingengineering.com/thai-university-turns-old-smartphones-into-microscopes-for-students

Research conducted by CBOS on 20 January 2020 shows that 68% of adult Poles use the Internet, last year only 1% more used the Internet.

This graph shows how many adults used the web by year.

More interestingly, however, it turns out that many factors such as education, wealth and many others influence whether an adult uses the internet or not.

Does age matter?

Age plays a key role. As we know, the generations that were born in the age of the internet cannot imagine life without it. the exceptions are a few social groups such as the Amish. However, there are fewer internet users among older people who did not come across the internet when they were young or who came across it later.

Here is a graph showing the relationship between procentage of people using the internet and their age.

What does education have to do with internet use?

Actually, it is more about the fact that older people usually only had the opportunity to complete primary school, which also translates into statistics in surveys. As can be seen in the graph below, the least people using the Internet are those with primary education, i.e. mostly older people who are not used to using the benefits of the Internet.

Please bear in mind that the number of respondents with lower secondary education was low, as lower secondary education schools has not been in Poland for as long as other schools.

How does the position we work at affect our use of the internet?

It turns out that our work has an impact on whether we use the Internet or not, and some jobs even require access to the Internet and staying up to date via it. As is well known, a farmer does not need access to the web as much as the position of business owner or professionals with higher education requires, who must constantly improve their methods of work in order not to fall from their position. Below is a graph showing the percentage of each occupational group using the internet.

Does the Material Situation Affect Internet Use?

It is obvious that someone who cannot afford to pay for the Internet, pay for the telephone subscription or top up the pre-paid account on the telephone has no way of using the Internet. However, there is an initiative by the O2 network, which is a completely free network, but you still need to have internet access to order a sim card from this network. Rich people, on the other hand, have money for the internet and I bet those extremely rich people who don’t use the internet have subscriptions anyway.

The graph below shows Percentages of internet use among those describing their financial situation as:

Sources:

https://cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2020/K_085_20.PDF

We all know famous quote “Wake the f*** up samurai, we have a city to burn” or the term of describing something as “breathtaking”. Both of them were said by Keanu Reeves and there is no doubts that marketing strategy for Cyberpunk 2077 was excellent (8 million preorders were sold). However, the game by itself didn’t fulfil players expectations.

An exorbitant number of mistakes completely overwhelm Cyberpunk 2077. Flying cars, immortal opponents or unopenable doors are only a few bugs in the ocean pool of problems. Especially console players took a knock, poor optimalization for PS4 and Xbox One resulted removing game from PS Store and Microsoft Store. While programmers of CD Project RED are working in the sweat of the brow, a board of directors has decided to take a floor. On 13^th of January 2021 Marcin Iwiński – a co-founder of CD Project released a video on official YouTube profile of Cyberpunk 2077 in which he apologize on behalf of the company for the flawed product. As a source of problems he points a poor communication between board members. Moreover, Iwiński calls fans to stop blaming workers for the final stage of product. In the video he releases a roadmap with a patching priorities for 2021 and promises to fix all bugs. From the roadmap we can read that the first patch is coming soon and at midyear we can expect DLC which is supposed to be free as a compensation.

Personally I haven’t played Cyberpunk 2077 yet but I truly believe that it is a wonderful production which has huge potential. I’m a big fan of The Witcher 3 (spend 160h in the game) and I pin one’s faith on the new production of CD Project RED and really wait for the first good opinions about patches.

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Samsung is not only a phone and TV producer. They also started to focus on robotics and AI solutions. One of their newly announced products at CES2021 is a house robot named BOT Handy which will not only help you in your household activities like laying the table, cleaning or putting dishes into the dishwasher but will also pour wine into your glass. Samsung presented a short video which shows how the robot will look like. The bot is equipped with an arm which can bend in three points ended with a three-fingered hand. The additional advantages are three cameras supported by AI which let the robot recognise different objects, materials and shapes and move around your house without any unnecessary accidents on its way. With its camera the bot can also evaluate the type of material and weight of the object, so that it can use the right amount of force to take them. For now it is more like a concept than a real product. Samsung didn’t provide us a with a release window date or price or any other details but it shows that this industry is now focused also on home robots. . The president of Samsung Research says that the robot will be,, extension of you in the kitchen, living room, and anywhere else you may need an extra hand in your home,”. Samsung doesn’t stop here, they also have plans for other robots used in different places. A Robot named Bot Care also called a ,,robotic assistant and companion” can replace your personal assistant or secretary. This Bot will help you in your home-office which have become very popular during the pandemic of Covid. It will remind you about a break when it can see that you are tired or you spent much more time than usual at the desk. It is constantly observing and learning your habits. One of its duties is also preparing daily schedules and reminding you about your meetings. With built in screen you can have a video chat with for example your client or boss.

Samsung also lounged something more sooner available-JetBOt 90 AI+ which is an intelligent vacuum cleaner with LIDAR(method of measuring distances with light), 3D sensor and also AI which will enable safer and smother movement around the house. It is supposed to be in the shops in this year.

In my opinion in next ten years robots will help us much more than nowadays. What’s more, they will become part of our daily life I am really excited about projects like this, robots and AI is our future,

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22224649/samsung-bot-handy-care-robots-ces-2021?fbclid=IwAR0SXmUuL6Yv8b6ifHxd_uXTl8E0P0BedGQKB63TjOBrUTKYivojscsiCf4

New inventions and versions of products are now our part of daily life. Each day new products are being launched having smart, extra and additional features. Alexa from amazon is no exception.

Amazon has added new attributes and skills in Alexa. Almost 100,000 skills have been incorporated in it, which can help users and make their life easy and comfortable.

A recent study published by eMarketer shows the company has a 70.6% market share and the number of voice speaker users is expected to double to 35.6 million this year.

It is observed that Alexa has skills more than requirement of user. Consequently, to save from the pain of remembering these skills Amazon has developed a solution.

Advantage:

• Amazon describes this process as “[inferring] customers’ latent goals.” This means working on any problems that arise from other requests. Amazon gives an example to a customer who asks, “How long does it take to make tea?” To which Alexa would respond “five minutes” before asking to follow up: “Should I set a five-minute counter?”
• Some skills are added into system include Bark Like a Dog, Earth Cam, Harry Potter Trivia, Historical Voices, Slow Speller, Xbox, and Zoo Keeper.
• Some of these scenarios will be useful for users.User can get data and information related to business activities, trades of shares, historical events happened on some particular date and solution of difficult questions. User can get answers of difficult and complex issues within seconds.

Disadvantage:

• Apparently, it looks nice however, but this is difficult to believe and understand that this feature (which is already available to Alexa customers in English in USA) can be very annoying. If Alexa hears the wrong intentions of the user and offers unwanted skills, that person will certainly be offended.
• Some skills are not added into system and hence use them is required knowledge to get expertise and with practice.
• Four places to avoid putting Amazon Echo in home. Intruders can access our smart speaker from outside if it is placed too close to a window. Near a toilet, On a sink, By a window and Under your TV.

In my opinion, Alexa is supportive and helpful. Amazon’s Alexa is providing service as and when user asks about any business, public activities including historical events. It provides two ways of skills. One type of skills are mentioned as headings with standardized words. In case if inquiry can be submitted to system through above type of skills, other type can be adopted to write in shape of question. It provides timely reliable assistance based upon that we can plan, review, and execute. 

It is era of information technology. New inventions are featured with skills that are difficult to understand and to operate the device for some users e.g., people of certain age and those who are not a custom rapid change in technology.

Digital assistants were designed to replace human diversity, but because their intelligence is so limited, they cannot have a cohesive conversation with the user. Human assistants don’t need to use screens to understand requests, communicate information, and complete tasks, which means the ideal digital assistant doesn’t need to.

sources

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/amazon-echo-show-alexa-criticism.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/09/alexa-are-you-invading-my-privacy-the-dark-side-of-our-voice-assistants

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/4-places-to-avoid-putting-your-amazon-echo-in-your-home/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21560313/amazon-alexa-skills-infer-latent-goal-intent

Today, Amazon has released a product that allows you to construct your own solutions based on their technology. This intriguing option, which will speed up and facilitate the process of making your own products more attractive is Alexa Custom Assistant.

Alexa herself probably doesn’t need an introduction, but for the record, it’s a cloud-based voice service that lets you use your voice to command her to perform some tasks for you. The possibilities of this technology are very wide, ranging from shopping, making your home smarter, providing you with information, to product control and much more. Of course, this is not the only such technology available on the market, but by introducing a unique option that I would like to present in this article, it has a great chance of becoming the strongest.

By Alexa’s  Custom Assistant, Amazon enables companies to create their own smart voice assistants by using their AI technology and then connect it to Alexa.  The solution is therefore also to enable the cooperation of two assistants, which significantly affects the attractiveness of not only the product of the person who generates his assistant based on Amazon technology, but also of  the very Alexa. Once connected, it would continue to perform its regular tasks and the new assistant would play a role of a so-called “product specific expert”. This expert would be responsible for operating with more concrete features, that are directly linked to specifics of  the product. So we can say, the tasks would be somewhat of delegated. How does it work? Amazon says that “if a customer asks Alexa to roll down a car window, or how to troubleshoot a device, the request will be routed to the brand’s assistant. If a customer asks the brand’s assistant to play an audio book, the request will be routed to Alexa,” The fact that both assistants will in a way coexists is important regarding the capabilities area. There will be no need for the Companies, who decide to take advantage of the option proposed on Amazon, to develop the basic skills of the assistant, instead they can immediately focus on improving some specific and unique, in view of their product, capabilities. So this cooperation will prove to be both more effective and cheaper. It is fair to say that this option is mutually beneficial to companies and what is more, it  fulfills the main goal of meeting customer needs.

An advantage that should be especially noted is the significant reduction of costs and time, which according to Amazon is possible due to “allowing companies to leverage Alexa’s world-class technology stack to create their own intelligent assistant without the investment, long development cycles, and resources to build it from scratch and maintain over time.”  Creating such assistants proves to be very costly due to the constant necessity of their improvement- we have to bear in mind that competitiveness on this  market is very high. Amazon by investing in Alexa Custom Assistant and making its improvement up to date in a constant manner, will let the companies simply benefit. Therefore, there will be  no need for them to monitor market changes and invest in improving the voice assistant themselves. Amazon will do it for them. So, companies will now have a chance to form a tailored to the brand, customer needs and “aesthetic” reasons (=creating your own unique voice) voice assistant, for not only a much lower price but also relatively much faster.

Amazon, within this option, provides access to all their voice technologies, experts, ongoing improvements in AI, privacy and security settings. Companies will be able to generate their own wake words, which according to Amazon ”are created using the same state-of-the-art process used for developing the Alexa wake word and deployed through the high-accuracy Alexa wake word engine”. Amazon assures that through the whole process, companies will be guided by science experts.

As we are still experiencing a technological revolution on a daily basis and the lifestyle is closely related to digitization, looking for a solution that will further facilitate this reality and make all digital experiences even more smooth is a large part of today’s business. Voice assistants are a great example of that, as the ways they make life easier are practically endless. To name one, they often save our time by automating repetitive tasks. But they also prove to be useful in enhancing e-commerce marketing, customer support, smart offices and many more. Therefore, it is important to note that  Alexa Custom Assistant can be build into any type of product and as such immediately increase its “charm”. The first customer however, is the global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Which is quite interesting, in relation to the next paragraph.

This newly launched Alexa Custom Assistant has a potential of becoming a huge game changer in the voice assistant technology area and especially concerning the car software space. Regarding The Verge article, making Alexa an “in-bulit solution in environments that may not need a phone at all” is an interesting way to “bypass the need to directly compete with Apple and Google”. This approach to implement voice technology directly in conjunction with a specific product is a quite unusual move and will definitely trigger an interesting response from other tech giants. It definitely sets a challenge for Cortana, Google Assistant and Siri.

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/blogs/alexa/alexa-auto/2021/01/Amazon-Announces-Alexa-Custom-Assistant

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22231336/amazon-alexa-auto-ai-custom-digital-assistants-car-makers

https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/15/amazons-newest-product-lets-companies-build-their-own-alexa-assistant/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/15/22231336/amazon-alexa-auto-ai-custom-digital-assistants-car-makers

Either you own a dog yourself, you walk through the city and see them or maybe you even just scroll through TikTok and Facebook and there are dog videos shown. Sometimes they are funny, sometimes they are sweet or even sad – the “Man’s best friend” is everywhere. Dogs will always stay loyal at the site of their owner (of course, if they treat them right). They are (often) even better friends than people. But why is exactly the dog considered as the best friend. King Frederick of Prussia first mentioned this phrase in 1789 while talking about his dog, an Italian Greyhound.

“The only, absolute and best friend that a man has in this selfish world, the only one that will not betray or deny him, is his DOG. “ – King Frederick of Prussia

The connection between people and dogs is very natural because both are social beings and they both benefit from each other. Mentally and physically. According to a new study, people living with dogs are living a longer life e.g., they may reduce the cardiovascular risk in their owner due to the higher physical activity and given emotional support. Dogs belong to the family and both, the dog and the owner are there for each other. On the good and the bad days. 

The global leaders in the population of dogs are the United States with about 70 million, while in comparison Poland has about 7 million and Germany about 5 million dogs. Of course, there is a much higher estimated number, especially in countries like Greece and Romania due to the very high number of homeless dogs. Dogs who are either looking for food right now, that may just have been injured or even dogs who are waiting right now for their adoption.

Due to this constantly rising number, this topic is currently very present. The slogan “Adopt, Don’t Shop” is all over Instagram and tries to give people a chance about rethinking their current mindset. Instead of buying or even ordering a (over-)bred dog, people should consider adopting dogs that are currently suffering and give them the chance of a good life. Due to the Corona pandemic and the associated lockdowns, a lot of people decided to get a dog – to stay fit, to have something to do, to not be alone or even to bypass the curfew. Hopefully, they will still stay dog owners after this whole situation. 

“What is my dog thinking?”, “What does he want from me?”, “Why is he doing that?” – Questions after questions considering our best friend. Often people can just guess what the dog is thinking. But Stella Jang, a dog lover from South Korea, wanted clarity.  She founded the company called Petpuls, which is about an AI-powered dog collar that helps dog owners in understanding their dog and giving their dog a ‘voice’. 

The Petpuls is supposed to recognize from the dog’s barking whether the dog is happy, relaxed, anxious, angry or sad. According to their research, it has an accuracy rate of more than 80% while using an algorithm and a database from more than 10,000 examples of barking dogs from a big variety of breeds. 

The collar comes in 2 different sizes and 4 different colours of collars. Petpuls consists of a small advice attached to the collar, which is also eco-friendly and made from silicone. The collar from Petpuls is available for pre-order and costs around 80 euros.

The results are then available on the corresponding app, which is compatible with Android and iOS. This records the data and shows the emotional status and also the physical movement of their dog.

The idea of the CEO and founder, Stella Jang, got international attention and actually the company would have been a part of this years, CES – the trade exhibition in Nevada for all those interested in consumer electronics, which unfortunately had to be cancelled this year due to Corona. The company also won some awards like the CES Innovation Award 2021.

Sources :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_best_friend

https://time.com/5028171/health-benefits-owning-dog/

https://www.petsecure.com.au/pet-care/a-guide-to-worldwide-pet-ownership/

https://www.petpuls.net