Improving Communication with Man's Best Friend
From: Wireless Design & Development - 10/31/2014

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a suite of
technologies that can be used to enhance communication between dogs and
humans, which has applications in everything from search and rescue to
service dogs to training our pets.

"We're also very interested in addressing stress in working dogs, such as
guide dogs for the blind," says Sean Mealin, an NC State PhD student. "We're
reliant on the physiological and behavioral sensors to give us a picture of
the dog's mental and emotional state.

"This can help handlers identify and mitigate stress for the dogs, improving
the length and quality of a dog's life," Mealin adds. "It's an important
issue. Particularly because guide dogs are bred and trained not to display
signs of stress in their behavior."

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2014/10/improving-communication-mans-best-friend

Links:
New Tech Aims to Improve Communication between Dogs and Humans
http://news.ncsu.edu/2014/10/bozkurt-dogs-2014

Towards Cyber-Enhanced Working Dogs for Search and Rescue
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6914468