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KittyCam – Cat Facial Recognition Powered by Raspberry Pi

59 points by girlie_mac 11y ago

noir_lord 11y ago
"or put his butt on the camera, it fails to tell me my cat was eating." My favorite issue this year.
Gladdyu 11y ago
Now you just need to automatically post the pictures to imgur/reddit and let the karma flow in. :|
- avian 11y ago
  For bonus points, feed the score of each imgur/reddit post back into the Kittydar neural net that is doing cat facial detection so that it learns to snap photos that yield maximum karma.
mangeletti 11y ago
For some reason, I'm on all the different things posted here, this makes me want to get into robotics. I've been thinking about ordering a raspberrypi, or a MicroPython board, etc., but something holds me back. Maybe the fear of getting into something that I won't have time for.
jacquesm 11y ago
related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584453
- WalterGR 11y ago
  For those who don't care to click links to see what they're about: Face detection for cats in JavaScript (github.com) 80 points by stevewilhelm 1062 days ago | flag | 36 comments
dimman 11y ago
A swede goes nuts and builds a cat door with built in face recognition, heating, lights, rfid etc based on raspberry pi: Pictures and story: http://joakimsoderberg.github.io/catcierge/ http://joakimsoderberg.github.io/catcierge/ Code: https://github.com/JoakimSoderberg/catcierge https://github.com/JoakimSoderberg/catcierge
- girlie_mac 11y ago
  OMG, I was just wondering about if RFID works to scan cat's ID microchips!
bduerst 11y ago
I know a couple shelters that would love cat/dog facial recognition that was able to identify the animal based on it's face. This project isn't that, but it's still pretty cool.
pepsi 11y ago
I'm reminded of this DIY cat door that used pattern recognition to prevent the owner's cats from bringing dead animals into the house. http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm (2010)
flangloria 11y ago
I love cat based electronic projects. I've been trying for the last few weeks to come up with a real time GPS tracker, but I just can't seem to finalize the parts list. All gps chips I know of are too big and tend to overheat.
- k8tte 11y ago
  Then this might be worth checking out, video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM story: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-use-your-cat-to-hack-your-neighbors-wi-fi http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-use-your-cat-to-hack-you... Not sure how you could _not_ find small gps units nowadays. Have a look here, for example: https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/17 https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/17
ddmf 11y ago
I wonder if this will be quick enough to trigger a cat scarer: water spray, high frequency tones or flashy lights

59 points by girlie_mac 11y ago

noir_lord 11y ago

"or put his butt on the camera, it fails to tell me my cat was eating." My favorite issue this year.

Gladdyu 11y ago

Now you just need to automatically post the pictures to imgur/reddit and let the karma flow in. :|

avian 11y ago
For bonus points, feed the score of each imgur/reddit post back into the Kittydar neural net that is doing cat facial detection so that it learns to snap photos that yield maximum karma.

mangeletti 11y ago

For some reason, I'm on all the different things posted here, this makes me want to get into robotics. I've been thinking about ordering a raspberrypi, or a MicroPython board, etc., but something holds me back. Maybe the fear of getting into something that I won't have time for.

jacquesm 11y ago

related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4584453

WalterGR 11y ago
For those who don't care to click links to see what they're about: Face detection for cats in JavaScript (github.com) 80 points by stevewilhelm 1062 days ago | flag | 36 comments

dimman 11y ago

A swede goes nuts and builds a cat door with built in face recognition, heating, lights, rfid etc based on raspberry pi: Pictures and story: http://joakimsoderberg.github.io/catcierge/ http://joakimsoderberg.github.io/catcierge/ Code: https://github.com/JoakimSoderberg/catcierge https://github.com/JoakimSoderberg/catcierge

girlie_mac 11y ago
OMG, I was just wondering about if RFID works to scan cat's ID microchips!

bduerst 11y ago

I know a couple shelters that would love cat/dog facial recognition that was able to identify the animal based on it's face. This project isn't that, but it's still pretty cool.

pepsi 11y ago

I'm reminded of this DIY cat door that used pattern recognition to prevent the owner's cats from bringing dead animals into the house. http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm (2010)

flangloria 11y ago

I love cat based electronic projects. I've been trying for the last few weeks to come up with a real time GPS tracker, but I just can't seem to finalize the parts list. All gps chips I know of are too big and tend to overheat.

k8tte 11y ago
Then this might be worth checking out, video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM story: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-use-your-cat-to-hack-your-neighbors-wi-fi http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-use-your-cat-to-hack-you... Not sure how you could _not_ find small gps units nowadays. Have a look here, for example: https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/17 https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/17

ddmf 11y ago

I wonder if this will be quick enough to trigger a cat scarer: water spray, high frequency tones or flashy lights