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Talking to Dolphins: New "Dolphin Speaker" Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds

Talking to Dolphins: New "Dolphin Speaker" Produces Full Range of Dolphinese Sounds | Science News | Scoop.it

Communication with dolphins is getting better all the time — they’ve been using iPads, for one thing, and humans have been working on a type of Rosetta Stone-like two-way translation device. A new gadget could improve matters even further, by allowing humans to produce the full range of dolphin sounds. The acoustics researchers who developed it call it the Dolphin Speaker.

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[VIDEO] Orangutans use an iPad

Milwaukee County Zoo primates have started using four donated iPads for enrichment exercises.
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Apps for Apes: Orangutans using iPads to paint and video chat with other apes

Apps for Apes: Orangutans using iPads to paint and video chat with other apes | Science News | Scoop.it
Orangutans across the world may soon join the ranks of millions of humans as proud owners of new iPads.
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The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate

The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate | Science News | Scoop.it
Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.
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[VIDEO] Game on, Babe: iPads hit the pig pen

Forget Angry Birds: a new iPad game called Pig Chase could allow you to interact with real animals. Designed by Clemens Driessen and a team from Wageningen University and Utrecht School for the Arts in the Netherlands, the app aims to challenge pigs while creating a collaborative environment for play. Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/01/game-on-piggies-ipad-play-hits-the-pigpen.html...

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Real Farmville: iPad Game Would Let Pigs Play with Humans

Real Farmville: iPad Game Would Let Pigs Play with Humans | Science News | Scoop.it
An iPad game concept called Pig Chase would allow humans to play with pigs by steering a light projected on the walls of pens. Such a game might raise awareness of farming and animal welfare issues.
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