[CAnet - news] Web 2.0 Social Networking tools for dogs

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[Thanks to Richard Ackerman for this pointer -- BSA]


http://www.sniflabs.com/

    If you're passing through a dog park in Boston in the coming months and
happen to catch a glimpse of a funny little device hanging off a pooch's
collar, don't be surprised. A startup called SNIF Labs is gearing up to beta
test a technology designed to help dogs--and their owners--become better
acquainted.

    SNIF Labs--the company's name is short for Social Networking in Fur--is
developing what its website calls "a custom radio communications protocol"
that allows special tags dogs wear on their collars to swap dog and owner
information with other SNIF-tag users. When two dogs wearing tags come
within range of each other, the tags start to swap dog and even owner
information.

    Once owners are back home and using the company's social-networking
service, they can trade information about their dogs and themselves online.

from MIT Technology Review


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