Collar

The Kyon GPS pet collar from an Athens, Greece,-based team not only tracks down your pet in terms of latitude and longitude, but also altitude to reveal which floor of a building it is located.

For many of us, dogs are part of our families and we want to keep them safe and healthy as we would any other family member. That's the aim of Dogtelligent's new Connected Collar. The collar is designed to help individuals train and track their dog, as well as manage its activity and health.

Though we'd all like to believe that we'd know when something's not quite right with our four-legged friends, a helping hand wouldn't go amiss. At CE Week in New York today Gizmag was introduced to the Voyce wearable health band that helps keep track of a dog's health and habits.

One of the challenges in monitoring the health of our pets is the fact that they can't tell us when they're starting to feel a little poorly. We only know that there's something wrong once it's obvious. PetPace is designed to let pet owners know that something's up, before it reaches that point.

The Guardian device was announced last year, as a method of allowing parents to track their children or for locating them in the tragic event of a kidnapping. Now, Taipei-based BeLuvv is launching a sister product called Puppy, which allows pet owners to keep track of their pets.

The Hövding airbag collar that we first covered in 2010 when it was originally shown off to the world by its inventors, industrial designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, has now officially gone on sale.

In an age when an increasing number of seniors live by themselves, dogs often provide strong emotional support to those people. Such a strong bond could also be useful for monitoring the owner’s well-being, according to new research conducted by scientists at Newcastle University.

Nic Wallenberg's The Human Speaker is a curious electrical collar that allows you to vocalize electronic sounds without using your voicebox.

The “Dog Caller” collar sends dog owners an SMS if the temperature of their dog exceeds a safe level.

The Supercollar is a dog collar with a built-in retractable leash.

The Hövding (Chieftain) is an airbag collar called that inflates to enclose the head of a cyclist in the event of an accident.

A novel talking pet collar might also help repel fleas through safe ultrasonic pulses.