VOYCE
A dog wearing Voyce's activity tracker, which sends data about your pet's movements, heart rate and more to an app on your smartphone.
Wearable fitness tracking has gone to the dogs, literally. Announced at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Voyce is a health and activity tracker that fits around your pooch's collar.
The new gadget features a three-axis accelerometer to track data on your dog's movements and rest periods, plus sensors rely on radio frequencies to measure heart and respiratory rates. Then all of that data is sent to your tablet or smartphone via Bluetooth to gain insights into your pet's health, as well as track trends over time to share with your veterinarian.
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The core technology has been 10 years in the making, and the company collaborated with Cornell University, one of the US's top veterinary schools.
But Voyce wasn't the first on the scene. Last summer, San Francisco startup Whistle introduced a smart pendant that tracks physical activity levels and sleep patterns in canines. Like Voyce, Whistle attaches to dog collars or harnesses and uses movement-sensing accelerometers to track activity and even how well a pet is sleeping, then relays the information wirelessly to smartphones or WiFi hotspots.
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Voyce is due out in late spring or early summer, priced at $299 on top of a monthly fee. The Whistle Activity Monitor costs $129.95.
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