animal companion
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Background: Taking a nap in the late afternoon can be a very appealing prospect. The issue: Unfortunately, a late-in-the-day nap can easily mess up a person’s sleep schedule, causing them to stay up until 3 AM. What is needed for most people is some sort of “nap deterrent” that will promote a daylight-hour-compatible sleep schedule.…
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Proposal: a system for virtually bringing pets into the office Pet owners with 9-to-5 jobs may find that they miss their noble animal companion during work hours. Some workplaces will allow well-behaved animals to hang out at work, but that is usually limited to dogs and draft animals. In any case, this addresses only a…
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Background: Although there are many counter-examples, cats are often unpredictable and frequently skittish. Here, we theorize that this neurotic pet behavior is due to the cat’s lack of feeling safe in the domestic environment, and propose a possible solution, which we refer to as CATMOUFLAGE. The theory: Cats are skittish and unpredictable because they are…
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The issue: Pet ownership can sometimes be problematic in today’s mobile society. For example: if a person has to leave on a business trip and doesn’t have friends or family to take care of their dog / cat / capybara / etc., they have to deal with the hassle of kenneling their treasured beast. This…

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