22 Sunday Nov 2020
15 Sunday Nov 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic emptied offices earlier this year, forcing millions of people to begin working remotely at home, some began to feel like they needed a new friend to replace the water cooler banter. Now at home all day and needing a happy distraction from the pressures of the precarious state of the world, they decided it was finally time to act on a long-held goal of adopting a pet. Read the entire article at CNET HERE
08 Sunday Nov 2020
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The US Army has shown off augmented reality goggles for combat dogs, designed to let them receive orders at a distance.
The technology, made by a firm called Command Sight, is managed by the US Army Research Laboratory.
Military dogs can scout ahead for explosives and other hazards, but need instructions.
The goggles are designed to let their handlers direct them, safely out of harm’s way. READ ARTICLE AT THE BBC HERE
04 Sunday Oct 2020
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29 Friday May 2020
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From the Huffpost:
He’s got a Ph.D. in being a very good boy.
Well, technically it’s an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine, but either way, Moose is a very accomplished dog.
The 8-year-old Labrador retriever has worked as a therapy dog at Virginia Tech’s Cook Counseling Center since 2014. Now, his years of service to students are being celebrated with an honorary degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, which is operated by Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland at College Park. Moose was granted the degree at a virtual commencement ceremony on Friday.
See entire article at Huffpost.
Stock photo of a dog without a degree
01 Friday May 2020
From CNET: “Dogs could potentially be used to sniff out COVID-19. The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine said Tuesday that it’s launching a research initiative using scent detection dogs to differentiate between samples from COVID-19 positive and negative patients. ” See full article at CNET
