I've seen various smart litter boxes advertised on crownfunding sites over the years, but this is the first one I've seen in action, and with the Wi-Fi enabled, health monitoring app-controlled smarts that work with Alexa and Google voice controls, Leo's Loo Too looks great for humans and cats, young and old, while elegantly solving an age old problem.
Obviously, heydoor doesn't as yet have a magic COVID cure that would truly let us all live life without restrictions, but we're told its new mobile app and SaaS back-end "supports people living with physical and psychological disabilities to live life without restrictions, with access to their favourite retailers, product and service providers throughout Australia."
Data61, the digital specialist arm of Australia's national science agency CSIRO, is developing the prototype of a smart collar for pets in collaboration with agtech company Ceres Tag.
It's International Pet Day tomorrow (on 11 April) and with Aussies loving their pets more than ever, Netflix's new survey talks a walk on the wild side and shows pets and TV go together in weird and wonderful ways.
Online discount retailer Kogan is going into the pet insurance business in a partnership with PetSure in a move which follows its announcement just one week ago it is branching out into the health insurance market in a new partnership with Medibank.
Orange Business Services has signed an IoT connectivity services agreement with Tractive, the global developer of apps and gadgets for pet owners, in a move which the European-based global telco says helps businesses embraces the worldwide IoT trend and creates enhanced services.
Security vendor Bitdefender is warning of a wave of scams relating to the purported sale or relocation of pets.