Now, Google Glass for 'working' dogs

Internet giant Google is reportedly planning to
develop its wearable computing device Google Glass
for dogs with occupation.

WASHINGTON: Internet giant Google is reportedly
planning to develop its wearable computing device
Google Glass for dogs with occupation.
According to New York Post, Google has teamed up
with Georgia Institute of Technology, in order to
develop a wearable computer system that could give
bomb-sniffing and cadaver dogs an easier way to
communicate with their handlers, or even let man see
the world through an animal's eyes.
The project called FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for
Dogs with Occupations) could allow pooches to bite
down on or otherwise activate a sensor which can
send information to its handler.
Google Glass is expected to be released to the mass
market next year and its technical lead Thad Starner,
has joined professors at the Georgia Institute to
develop a computerized harness to assist working
dogs.

Associate Professor Melody Jackson said that the
dogs being tested for devices which could activate
sensors have been found to have quickly got the hang
of the sensors, which they activated using their
mouths.

Jackson added that the gear is being eyed for
everything from the deadly-serious business of bomb
detecting or helping the blind to letting owners know
when a dog has to go out or when it's time to be fed,
the report added.