resPEcTifier

Do you have a pet like a cat or a dog? Do you have places in your house where you don't want your pet to go, like a couch or a kitchen sink? You know they'll use the damn couch whenever you're away, don't you? Well, I have exactly the same problem with my two cats. That's why I came up with the resPEcTifier. So, it's basically an armed pet detector. Non-lethally armed, of course, because we love our pets. It’s composed by three units working together: - a coordinate based pet detector - an aiming device - a weapons system The coordinate based pet detector component identifies the pet position relative to the forbidden areas. It could identify the pet based on its temperature. A cat has a normal temperature between 39 and 39,5º Celsius. A person's normal temperature is around 37º Celsius. This difference could be used to distinguish the pet from the owner (avoiding the forbidden areas when with fever or after physical activities would probably be a good idea). A more sophisticated option for this component would be a neural network that would learn to distinguish between pet and people. The aiming device doesn’t need great explanations. The weapons system could go from a water pump to ping-pong ball cannon, a shoe thrower (if you’re slightly violence prone or if your pet is a rottweiler).

Alternative system Instead of using a complicated aiming and weapons system, an inflatable version of the owner could be filled with air whenever the pet tried to sit on the couch, for instance. A recording of the angry voice of the owner could be played. After scaring the pet away, the air filled owner could be deflated to be prepared for another round.