A new mobile application, NOSEiD, promises to find you your lost dog by simply recognizing his face and specifically his nose.
We do not know if this is a joke or an imaginative attempt to make some money. A company, Iams, has released a new application called NOSEiD, which can scan dogs' noses and use them as unique identifiers to reconnect lost dogs with their owners.
The app can link dogs 'noses to their owners' contact information, similar to how fingerprints can be linked to specific individuals.
According to the company, the app aims to address America's "lost pet problem." Stating that every dog is irreplaceably unique, so are their noses. The company says that nearly 10 million pets livestock χάνονται κάθε χρόνο και ένα στα τρία κατοικίδια θα χαθούν κάποια στιγμή στη duration of their lives. Furthermore, only 3-5% of dogs are microchipped, so the company decided to come up with a new method: NOSEiD.
The app helps you take a picture of your dog's unique nose and guides you on what to do in case your friend gets lost. It may even help people who have found your dog to get in touch with you faster.
The actual details of geometric nose scanning technology are based on the uniqueness of the wrinkles present on a dog's muzzle. Iams seems confident that the dog's nose, or at least the wrinkles on the nose, are unique enough to avoid false positives. The application uses the camera of your phone to analyze and detect the depth, position and orientation of the dog's nose wrinkles. Iams says this technology can create a unique biometric record of the unique identity of each dog in its database.
At the time of publication, Iams had released NOSEiD in Nashville, Tennessee, and was actively preparing to expand to other markets. You can also download the application at Apple App Store or at Google Play, if you live in America or expect it to expand to Greece.
In conclusion:
The truth is that in Google Play κυκλοφορεί πολύ φαντασία, άλλες φορές δημιουργική και άλλες φορές αρκετά χαριτωμένη. Μας αρέσει να βρίσκουμε περίεργες εφαρμογές, γιατί τουλάχιστον μας διασκεδάζουν. Το NOSEiD έχει την θέση του στην λίστα των "περίεργων" εφαρμογών. Τα κατοικίδια έχουν πλέον βάση νόμου ταυτότητα, ενσωματωμένο τσιπάκι, κολλάρο με στοιχεία και αν ο ιδιοκτήτης του τηρεί πλήρως την νομοθεσία είναι αδύνατο να χάσει τον σκύλο του (ή τουλάχιστον χωρίς την δυνατότητα να τον ξαναβρεί)
The existence of this application is rather amusing or sounds like an April Fool's joke when one hears about face recognition in dogs.
