Translate Your Cat’s Meows With Catterbox – The World’s First Talking Collar

People have always wondered what their pets might be “saying”, but now you can actually translate your cat’s meows into a human voice. While its accuracy is pretty debatable, the team over at Temptations Lab and London ad agency adam&eveDDB have certainly tried their best, analyzing various noises cats make and then recording voice overs which are played out through the speaker on the collar when it picks up the relevant meow. It even connects to an app on your smartphone, so you can change the type of human voice just like Siri. The 3D printed collar launched in New Zealand and the US today and is available in four colours. Check it out in the video below:

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A “Dry Dog Wet Dog” Photo Series by Serena Hodson

Australian photographer Serena Hodson has created a new series of diptychs which documents dogs while both dry and wet. Aptly titled “Dry Dog Wet Dog”, the idea for the series came about while Hodson was washing her own dogs – a British bulldog named Simon and a French bulldog named Garfunkel – and noticed how being wet brought out different elements of their personalities. “I think any time humans can identify with an animal’s personality it creates compassion and respect,” Hodson says. “Which is always a positive thing.”

Take a look at the series below and see more of Hodson’s work here.

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Russian Photographer Documents His Two Huskies Playing on a Frozen Lake

A Russian photographer who goes by the pseudonym Fox Grom has created a series documenting his two Siberian Huskies as they play on a frozen lake. The lake, which is located in Murmansk Oblast – one of Russia’s northernmost regions, was thawing at the time, leaving a few centimeters of water on top of the ice to give it an incredibly transparent quality, making it seem as though the dogs are walking on water.

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