We don't really know where to begin. LaserPup involves shooting a
laser at a dog over the internet, nothing more, nothing less, but somehow it transcends traditionally pointless moddery and becomes something so much greater. Maybe it's because you shoot a dog with a laser over the internet. LaserPup is a ceiling-mounted laser and webcam whose beam can be directed around the floor with an iPhone-friendly browser-based interface. There's switch for turning on and off the lights, and when the laser is activated or deactivated it makes a sound to alert the dog that it's time to get shot at by lasers. In the future, there was a nuclear war... video is after the break.
posted Feb 5th 2009 2:10PM
This used to work with my dog until it realised it was just a dot.
My dog's got one of those things for Stephen Hawking.
Our rott knows its a dot and doesn't care... it paws at the pointer when we turn it off and put it at the floor.
We had to stop when she started to bleed from her muzzle from diving into the carpet.
Quite possibly the greatest, most entertaining waste of time I've ever seen. I want one!
Your avatar is quite possibly the best on Engadget. I loved doing that in Super Mario 64.
Screenshot of N64 Mario menu, you stretched his face out.
House music for the win today.
functionality over the internet is cool but i hear you can really f* up your pet's psychology with those laser toys
Yea, but you'll have a laugh doing it.
@I am not iEye, i swear:
I had to rank you up. Totally true! Lol.
But you notice them, which is entirely the point. I had LEDs on my last motorcycle (and will soon on my current one) because drivers behind me actually noticed when they came on, especially when I flick the brake a few times at the car coming up behind me at an intersection.
Back on topic, I think somebody needs to sell the home-end hardware for this so that the world can develop an entire network of animals to amuse.
This is correct--laser pointers can (and do) trigger obsessive-compulsive behavior in dogs. It's really a terrible idea to play with a laser pointer around your dog--even doing it once can trigger this behavior.
It's no more likely to create neurosis than anything else. If your dog is locked up in your house all day and doesn't get walked regularly or at all, it can develop a neurosis for the sunlight which crawls across the floor every day. It's the same with a laser toy. If you don't stimulate your dog's mind with things to do, tricks to perform, as well as walks, it can happen. But saying that laser toys can cause neurosis in dogs is incorrect. They do not. But, if it's the only thing to keep your dog's mind busy, yes it will. I use a laser toy to have my dog run agility sprints. I run her back and forth from the bedroom to the kitchen. It's more of a prompt than anything. She just loves to run back and forth. She is not concerned with attacking the dot as much as running back and forth.. I think she sees it as a workout more than anything.
Pure win!
wow can i install one of these in my ex-gf's bedroom?
j/k.... i've never had a gf =(
A web-controlled ceiling-mounted wife taser would be even better for husbands on a trip.
j/k... I don't have a wife... maybe that's why :)))
....really? I wonder why.....
i want to control the dog not the dot
2/3 of all youtube videos are "no longer available" when I click on them. Lame. Lame. Lame.
yeah i don't know what's wrong with youtube lately...try to refresh the video or close your browser and reopen it. it sometimes works for me.
Sure beats Hulu if you don't live in the US, though.
Seems to be working again. I've often come across this, too, and later checked back to find the video working. Perhaps YouTube just put that misleading message up if they're experiencing any problems, or they may have a bug.
"That may be, but you're forgetting one thing..."
"What's that?"
"I just started using lasercats again!"
Classic
Hmmm...I could see this ending up in court. Not sure it passes the non-obvious test against this patent:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5443036.html
I don't think it's applicable as that patent is for "directing a beam of invisible light " this laser is visible :)
Somone is getting a call from PETA.
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals?
Get a new joke, god dammit! Nazisheep... You just can't love them...
By the way, why do my friends at PeTA need to stop this? We only care about speciesist hate crimes, such as meat, fur, circuses, and animal testing. This is not one of those hate crimes. It's only a crime against nature if a self-aware life form is harmed unnaturally. All this does is play with the dog.
-Cut, Copy and Paste
-MMS
-Bluetooth A2DP
-Run more than one third party app at a time
-User customizable interface (moving your sad little icons to different places doesn't count)
-Tethering
-Take a decent photo
-Record video
...should I keep going?
Just an FYI, a jailbroken Iphone can do all of this except Bluetooth A2DP, running multiple apps, and taking a decent photo (that stupid photo app doesn't count).
I wonder how fast someone can text on that N95... hmm?
Anyway, fanboy flamebait aside, this video is beyond amusing. I'm almost considering making one XD
actually, it can do MMS
If I want a cat, I'll get one. I don't want a dog that acts like one.
Yes, who wants a dog that is happy and active? I've never yet found a dog that would not chase lasers...maybe you need a 10 year old basset hound or better yet, a pound puppy.
http://www.poundpuppies.com/
It's articles like this that make me hate my addiction to engadget.
You engadget writers are so hopelessly smitten with all things Apple...
this is awesome. ok maybe the music got me a bit psyched but i totally feel this guy and his woes of active pets. that dog looks like a handful. i have two cats. one hears the button on the laser and loses its f'n mind looking for it. the other just watches lil brother chase the green dot. if i had this i could look forward to two tired cats when i got home too. haha this guy rocks.
Now you can play with your pussy at work!!!