FIDO: Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations

Faculty: 
Melody Jackson, Thad Starner, Clint Zeagler, Scott Gilliland
Students: 
Giancarlo Valentin, Larry Freil, Ceara Byrne

The FIDO Sensors team is creating wearable technology to allow working dogs to communicate. Assistance dogs can tell their owners with hearing impairments what sounds they have heard; guide dogs can tell their owners if there is something in their path that must be avoided. We will be demonstrating a variety of wearable sensors designed for dogs to activate.

Lab: 
Faculty: 
Melody Jackson, Thad Starner, Clint Zeagler, Scott Gilliland
Students: 
Giancarlo Valentin, Larry Freil, Ceara Byrne, Jacob Logas, Shuyi Sun, Sarah Storer, Kristen Lee, Marcia Schulman, Amanda Schmitt

We explore the emerging area of Animal-Computer Interaction focusing on interfaces for inter-species communication and on the design and evaluation of interactive technology for users of multiple species.