Wearable Ionizer air purifier which can be clipped to the dog or cat collar

For owners of dogs and cats, if the air surrounding it is becoming increasingly polluted, there is a little gadget can help here. This is an ionizer air purifier dress that can be attached to the dog or cat collar, keeping supplies fresh air that is free of odors and bacteria.

The small air cleaner costs $ 17.20, requires two AA batteries not included. If you want your pets live as healthy as he does, this little device is what you need to strap on his neck.

Internet enabled cat feeder

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Cat keepers will find this device useful, although it’s just a DIY version. The Internet-enabled cat feeder allows you to leave your cats at home while you’re busy at your work place, and they’ll be served with their meals at right time.

The Internet-enabled car feeder was built by Mathew Newton and he’s got a self-explanatory video below which details the instructions on how to build one by yourself. Well, building one of these is not easy. You’ll need some knowledge of programming and even modifying a Cisco switch, although it may not be necessary to be a Cisco-certified.

So what does this special cat feeder do for you? It presents you a web interface that shows you stream of feeds of what’s going on at home, so you can get the feeder to feed the cats at right time. The device has a cereal dispenser which is controlled by signals from port status LEDs on a Cisco switch. The device also allows you to set your feed schedule so it’ll automatically feed your kitties at the scheduled time.

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Simulation of IBM’s largest brain works as well as the brain of a cat (only)

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The human brain is too complex, the largest brain simulator built by IBM, led by a 147,456 processor supercomputer, can only reach the level of the brain of a cat. This simulator was developed brain through the center of IBM’s Almaden research. It consists of 1.6 billion neurons connected by virtual synapses 9 trillion, which is almost a cell at a simulation of the human visual cortex.

With all the mass components, over 150,000 gigabytes of memory and energy consumption of more than million watts, the simulator is as good as the brain of a cat. However, the achievement is much better than the smaller rat brain simulator that did two years ago.

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