Brits have always had a strange relationship to their pets - they are sometimes (often) more important than their kids and other humans.

So I was not too surprised when I found this leaflet at the vets:

It's basically a service that turns the ashes of your (presumably dead) pet into a small "diamond" to put into a ring or other ornament.....

Go figure.

Wow - now soon with a computer interface!

Optional accessories available soon!
Soon you will be able to connect your Smart Flap to your pc to record your cats movements.

[From Pet Porte Microchip Cat Flaps | The Smart Flap - Model PP0203 | Keeping other cats out]

The mind boggles over the use of the Litter Kwitter - the cat toilet training system :

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This is one of the Arduino projects I am going to try out - it goes very well together with out already RFID enabled catflap (see elsewhere on this blog for more):

Some people love to keep cats as their pet. However, unlike the dogs, cats didn’t like to stay at home and its like to wandering all around the neighborhood. Sometimes, you’re very hard to track its trace, as it can walk up to several kilometers away per day!

If you’re one of the cat owners and would like to keep your eyes on its, maybe this CATaLOG project is what you’ve looking for…