Flo control

Flo has a habit of catching various animals, dragging them inside through the cat door, and letting them loose so they can be chased for hours. To put an end to this we have built a computer-controlled device that visually determines if Flo is carrying anything in her mouth when she enters, and if she does, it simply does not let her in.

Isn’t this what science is all about? Using the state of the art image analysis algorithms, to solve one of humanities oldest problems. I mean, I’m sure the morning after the australupitacus domesticated the first Dingo, his mate said “Ugh U-a GRigaga”, meaning “your filthy dog dragged her rotten boar leg all over my mammoth rug. Now you clean it up or get me a new one.

Coming up: the no-way-those-muddy-boots-are-coming-into-this-house sliding door.

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