Project Description

UNI (aka U and I) is a communication device with pets. Dogs have been the best friend of human. The biggest part to it is that dogs can understand our language. However, it was considered impossible for us to understand their language.

In 2001, a product called 'bow-lingual' was released in Japan as a toy for children. It detects vibration of dog's barking and translates it into human language based on 7 categoris of:
joy, warning, desire, aggression, lonely, frustrated, and chasing.

This project aims to redesign the technology into a more practical form than a toy, allowing easier interaction between human and dogs.