Dog-to-English Translation Headset Gets Funding

Christmas just came early for Doctor Doolittle, and anyone else who would like to talk with the animals. A curious translation prototype for dogs called No More Woof has the $10,000 funding it was seeking on Indiegogo, and $5,000 more besides, with two months to go

If the headset looks familiar, that's because it is. Lightweight electroencephalography (EEG) headsets that measure brain activity, and translates the mental states they read there, have been around for years. A startup called Emotiv produced a $300 version designed for gaming back in 2009; a more advanced headband called Muse is about to go on sale Read more...