Computer helps jailers understand dogs

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Now they have a computer that can interpret dog barks! Noam Tavor, head of the Israel Prisons Service canine unit, said the program is designed to overcome mistakes in which guards have either not heard dogs sounding an alarm or failed to speedily identify its significance. "It collects the dogs' barks through microphones...and sorts and grades them," Tavor told Army Radio. "It relays only the barks that are significant in terms of security — barks that reveal stress or aggression in the dog." What do you think of that? Would they have something for cats as well? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_hi_te/israel_canine_communication;_ylt=AvM7RX1UeNgKMAg3uzXVuiHtiBIF