KEEP YOUR CAT OCCUPIED WITHOUT LIFTING A FINGER
Have a super playful cat?
Petronics has come to the rescue by creating Mousr — a robotic mouse that can sense touch and the environment around it and respond to all your cat’s play needs.
There’s two mice models: the ‘flick tail’ which has a catnip tail and zooms around the area prompting the cat to chase; and the ‘bounce tail’ which is for lazier cats who like to swat at things rather than chase.
And it can all be controlled via an app meaning you can sit on the couch and hit a button while the cat plays til its heart’s content.
The Mousr costs US$149 and orders are expected to be available from April.
Product Introduction: Lovoom Pet Camera & Feeder
Lovoom by HODU Co. from South Korea can take care of and play with pets in an interactive way. Simply via smartphone app, users can monitor pets’ activity and the way Lovoom toss food for pets. The bottom of Lovoom is rotatable. It tosses small, dry pet food or treats in the direction of users’ choice to keep pets active and engaged. It also helps make mealtime fun for those pickier eaters.
- Smartphone control via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection, and IR remote control available
- With two-way speaker to listen to and talk to pets
- Food/treat timer settings
- Users can snap pictures and videos from smartphone and share pet’s cuteness on social media
- Rotate toss and visibility to 300 total degrees with Full HD 1080p video
Petrics Showcases Its New Smart Pet Bed & App
Petrics has plans to demonstrate a connected smart bed for dogs and cats at the incoming CES 2018 event in Las Vegas which will be released later this year. The smart bed is also fully compatible with the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and other home hubs, suggesting there is room in the IoT segment for devices specifically meant to go beyond benefits to humans. The Petrics smart bed will be available in various sizes and priced between $100 and $300 once it becomes available for purchase, the startup said.
As to the purpose and features of Petrics’ pet bed, monitoring of data collected by it will be achieved through its connection to the Petrics Health & Nutrition app for Android and iOS. The connected bed will monitor and record your pet’s weight, sleep patterns, and more, which could assist owners in assessing the health of their furry friends. As a result of that, it should be useful in keeping costs of pet care down since pet owners will be able to address abnormalities in a more proactive fashion while possibly avoiding expensive emergency services. It also features thermostatic controls, effectively allowing pet owners to adjust its temperature. That’s actually one of the pet bed’s more prominent features, according to Petrics, and was included because environmental temperatures are often linked to the overall health of pets. Moreover, pet owners often neglect to consider that factor, the firm suggested, adding that it hopes to raise awareness about the issue and reduce pet health problems with the inclusion of support for adjustable temperatures.
The Petrics Health & Nutrition app will also take things well past taking metrics and controlling temperatures. It’s the first pet feeding app, according to Petrics, which breaks down more than 15,000 available foods and their ingredients, as well as providing dietary recommendations for a given pet – which are based on the animal’s personalized pet profile. The app also sends alerts based on food recalls, in addition to notifications about vet appointments, medication schedules, and critical dates for flea and tick prevention, among other things. Petrics says that among the estimated 80 million pet-owning households in the U.S., more than 53 percent of pets are certifiably overweight. That’s bad news for cat and dog lovers, but technologies like the new Petrics pet bed and its app may help address those issues if they gain significant traction.
반려동물을 위한 제품이 눈에 띄는 CES
CES 2018에서는 반려동물을 위한 기술과 제품도 다양하게 선보였다.
사회의 변화와 반려동물의 증가 추세에서 볼 때, 관련 시장의 증가도 예상된다. 예쩐 전시에서 모니터링 시스템이 많았다면, CES 2018에서는 기술의 발전에 따른 재미있는 제품들이 다양하게 선보였다.
심심한 강아지를 위한 사료 발사 로봇
한국 기업 (주)호두에서 만든 러붐(Lovoom)은 외부 디자인으로는 어떤 용도인지 알기가 어렵다.
사각형박스 형태의 제품이 용도를 알기가 어렵게 한다. 이 제품은 강아지나 고양이에게 사료를 던져 줄 수 있고 멀리서도 지켜볼 수 있는 펫 IoT제품이다. 사료를 던져 주는 기능과 카메라를 360도로 돌릴 수 있는 기능을 제공한다.
이를 통해서, 사료에 흥미를 느껴 달려가는 귀여운 반려동물의 모습도 담을 수 있다.
제품 가격은 원격리모컨을 포함 259달러이며, 회사 이름의 호두는 (주)호두 CEO의 반려견 이름이라고 한다.
반려동물을 위한 스마트 침대
이제는 사람만 침대에서 자는 시대가 아니다.
페트릭스(Petrics)사의 스마트 배드 앤 펫 헬스 에코 시스템(Smart Pet Bed and Pet Health Eco System)은 스마트 반려 동물용 침대이다. 침대에는 온도, 습도 조절 장치가 달려있어 반려동물이 쾌적한 수면을 취할 수 있도록 도와준다. 또한, 목걸이 형태의 웨어러블 제품은 반려 동물의 체중, 휴식 시간 및 활동 수준을 확인할 수 있도록 한다.
이 제품은 CES 2018에서 더 나은 세상을 위한 기술 부문과 스마트 홈 분야에서 혁신상을 수상했다. 가격은 300달러이다.
기술 발전으로 커지는 반려동물 케어 시장
반려동물 케어를 위한 시장은 반려동물 보호와 돌봄을 위한 수요 증가와 사물 인터넷, 웨어러블, 로봇 기술의 발전이 맞물리면서 앞으로 큰 성장이 예상된다. CES 2018에서도 재미있는 관련 기술들을 만나 볼 수 있었다.
우리나라의 관련 시장도 커지고 있는 만큼, 우리나라 업체들의 많은 활약도 기대해 본다.
