If Dogs Could Talk

 Melody Jackson, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has developed a way for dogs to talk. The dogs have vests with sensors that can talk or send notifications to a smartphone. The vests are part of a project called FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations.The vest has sensors that are triggered by a bite or a nudge with their nose. The dogs could now easily find bombs, missing people, and even help the hearing impaired. Jackson is also working on a vest with a dog tracker, and if the dog finds something it sends an alert, and the owner can come find where the dog is. Jackson says the dogs can learn how to use the vests in a matter of seconds.

       I think the vests are brilliant. It sounds like any dog, in a matter of seconds, could become a life saver. Using things dogs already know how to do, the vests can make the dogs talk. I chose this story because I love dogs, and I wanted to see what they were doing to the dogs. The story is interesting because there is now an easy way for dogs to save multiple lives. Dogs are smart, but a talking dog is even smarter.

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