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So cats like little red dots that move. They like them plenty. So what if you used a servo and attached the laser pointer to a collar. Then you hook the servo back to a remote control device. Like that of an airplane. When you push the joystick to the left, the dot goes to the left. When you push
the joystick to the right the dot goes to the right of the cat. So now you can control turning and I'm sure the cat would supply forward.
I don't even know if this would work really. I mean the cat might move to fast to really keep up with them. Or they might just be so destracted by the weighty collar.
laser pointer collar
http://www.halfbake..._20pointer_20collar
About as Half Baked as they come: [marked–for–deletion] [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004]
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What [shift] says. This idea is about a remote control system and the linked idea is about a pre-programmed system. While the two use some common elements the results are quite different. |
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Yeah, but it's still a collar-mounted cat guidance system,
pretty half baked. OK, the control is different, but the
results are the same: everybody laughing until they get
bored, or the cat t-bones a doorway (I swear that wasn't
me). |
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Hmm. I'm undecided on this. Thanks for confusing me [oxcross]. |
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I'm confused by the words "cat" and "control" appearing in the same phrase. |
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"....... and runs off only three car batteries." |
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Now, if the laser were powerful enough to fry oncoming cats ........ |
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The linked idea specifically refers to "remote control" as well as programming, though is a little vague about what it does (pattern control? - that could well mean directional control, which is how I interpeted it). Clearly this is the same concept, putting a laser on a cat's collar with remote control. |
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[bristolz], always happy to confuse--maybe you'll catch up
with me; I'm still sort of confused by most of what I read
here... |
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I'm with DrC, this idea would make a good annotation to
the original, in my opinion (qualified: (1) confused) |
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I'd buy one for every cat in my house. It'd be GREAT! You'd keep it down in front of them so their heads are down watching the laser, and then once they get close to another cat, guide them to it, and *BAM* instant cat fight! + |
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