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(One of the cameras is my old security camera but the two new ones are fish eye lense zeros close to the ground.)
What if you're not home? It is for such occasions that cat flaps were invented. However, today's cat flaps either open for any cat, or they're RFID-based, and for that to work, you implant a chip into your cat, which I find utterly barbaric. Now what could be a great improvement is a cat flap identifying your cat(s) and letting them in based on computer vision, instead of relying on implants. I'd pay good money for i…
Another problem with cat flaps is that you can't always install one if you have a rental. I suggested a doggie door for my parent's house, they said they looked into it but you'd be amazed at just how much space they take up, and they couldn't find a good spot to put it.
I have a capacitive touch button that my dogs press when they need/want to go outside that makes a noise and sends me an SMS. They used to have all hours access to it and when they expected me home at the end of the day, I would start receiving texts in rapid succession. Access was removed shortly thereafter. The novelty of getting drinks after work and receiving a "Where are you?" text from my dogs every three minut…
I have a capacitive touch button that my dogs press when they need/want to go outside that makes a noise and sends me an SMS. They used to have all hours access to it and when they expected me home at the end of the day, I would start receiving texts in rapid succession. Access was removed shortly thereafter. The novelty of getting drinks after work and receiving a "Where are you?" text from my dogs every three minut…
I just imagined reading your comment from the perspective of a layman 20 or 30 years ago. It's amazing how far we've come as a species!
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I don't know if its so much that they have a short attention span. My cat definitely, however, is unaware of the idea that the environment around him can be changed, and isn't static. He can figure out how to open doors, and that if something is playing dead it will run when he knocks it from a shelf, but those are the limitations of his ability to interact with the environment. He's smart enough to know his treats a…
> That, I think, explains a lot of their behavior. I honestly think the hardest part of explaining cat behavior is how chaotic they are as a species. You can explain A cat's behavior, but it's harder to explain all of them. My cats, for example, completely understand knocking over (even large) containers to get food, understand that turning door knobs will open doors (thankfully their lack of thumbs means they usuall…
I applaud you for trying to explain this. You could be completely right, or wrong... We're talking about cats after all.
Cool twist on an old problem. Here are two others, using different tech to automatically open the door for the pet. Facial recognition: https://www.hackster.io/windowsiot/cat-door-with-pet-recogni... Pattern recognition: https://hackaday.com/2010/05/14/cat-door-unlocks-via-facial-...
The OP is kinda swatting a fly with a sledgehammer, but blindfolded, because the system would probably break if the door changed or someone moved something into the detection window. Problem with CNNs is training them to know what is NOT a valid condition, and that is VERY VERY HARD.
This kind of "blind overdesign" makes me sad.
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I just imagined reading your comment from the perspective of a layman 20 or 30 years ago. It's amazing how far we've come as a species!
that's hopelessly optimistic. so dogs can send texts. so what? we still clamor for power and ignore the consequences of our actions at every level and in every facet of life. we are hopelessly animalistic and primal in our social and environmental dealings, which is not offset by technological advances which often amplify our shortcomings.
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that's hopelessly optimistic. so dogs can send texts. so what? we still clamor for power and ignore the consequences of our actions at every level and in every facet of life. we are hopelessly animalistic and primal in our social and environmental dealings, which is not offset by technological advances which often amplify our shortcomings.
We can appreciate that one of us was patient enough to set those burning desires for power aside and allow his dog to communicate that he misses him, and he has to take a poop.