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Cloned beagle glows in the dark, comes with on/off switch

Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 9:52am

With one of those conventional glowing dogs that you can find at PetCo or outside of your local nuclear power plant, the incessant light can become an issue when you're trying to watch a movie or something. South Korean scientists have put an end to this widespread and serious problem by giving their latest glowing dog an off switch.

This bionic dog has four prosthetic legs

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 9:30am

You can't keep a good dog down, at least not Naki'o, a pooch who lost all four paws at just five weeks old. But with the help of some fancy new prosthetics, he's bounding around like any other dog.

Navy SEAL dogs in the Osama raid wore vests with high-tech gear

Raymond Wong

Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 8:10am

Yes, we know that those big bad Navy SEAL dogs don't really have any titanium fangs, but you know what they did have? Apparently, they wore special stab-resistant K9 Storm vests that are packed with all sorts of gizmos and high-tech gadgetry, including high-def night vision cams.

Navy SEAL dogs' secret weapon: titanium fangs (Updated)

Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 11:24am

You're already not in a good spot if a Navy SEAL dog is coming after you. But it's worse than you thought: these bad boys have titanium fangs. Good lord.

Remote control your dog with this vibrating GPS backpack

Evan Ackerman

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 2:04pm

While it's true that dogs are already capable of responding to remote control, they generally have to be within sight or earshot. A doggie backpack developed at Auburn University allows control of a dog from miles away through a computer interface, just like a computer game.

FujiFilm's latest adds face detection for cats and dogs

Kevin Hall

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 3:49am

Animal lovers, your day has come. FujiFilm must have run out of things to do with human subjects (hell, they've even conquered 3D, apparently) because the company's new Finepix Z700EXR features face detection for felines and canines as a major...

Autofetch ball is a horrible thing to do to your dog

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:03am

There's a thin line between playing with your dog and torturing your dog psychologically. This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball crosses that line. It's a ball for your dog to play with. It's got a hole that you can put treats...

9 Halloween costumes for tech-obsessed dogs

Michael Trei

Monday, October 26, 2009 - 4:04am

Can dogs be tech-obsessed? That's debatable, but their owners sure can be. While this typically means a getting a few fun gadgets to play with most of the time, there's one day of the year when these faithful pooches become...

Genealogy Kit determines exactly what kind of mutt you have

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 10:51am

Now you can give a scientifically accurate answer when someone asks what kind of mutt you're walking on the end of that leash with this Genealogy Kit. Just swab some goo from your dog's cheek and send it into the...

Waterboarding for dogs? Dog-o-Matic, the automatic dog-washing vending machine

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 10:44am

Just look at that pathetic doggie, all wet, and trapped inside a watery compartment that must look to him like a torture chamber. That's the Dog-o-Matic, the dog-washing brainchild of French entrepreneur Romain Jarry, who's seen some success with the...

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Cloned beagle glows in the dark, comes with on/off switch

This bionic dog has four prosthetic legs

Navy SEAL dogs in the Osama raid wore vests with high-tech gear

Navy SEAL dogs' secret weapon: titanium fangs (Updated)

Remote control your dog with this vibrating GPS backpack

FujiFilm's latest adds face detection for cats and dogs

Autofetch ball is a horrible thing to do to your dog

9 Halloween costumes for tech-obsessed dogs

Genealogy Kit determines exactly what kind of mutt you have

Waterboarding for dogs? Dog-o-Matic, the automatic dog-washing vending machine

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