Gadgetory

this is not your average pet toy it's a ball that chases after your pet instead of setting up a regular security cam to spy on your furry friend the pet sitter will move around the house to keep a closer eye or entertain him while you're at work put the Wi-Fi enabled tracking collar on your pet and the Sphero like ball will automatically figure out where he's been hiding out depending on the setting and the excitement level of the dog or cat it will then initiate play or just observe at least in theory because at the time of our demo the feature was still very much in beta the ball has an HD camera with a wide-angle lens that streams the image live to the peppy app on your smartphone you can be a passive observer or take control of the ball yourself and use the app as a remote when you want to interact with Fido it has a microphone and speaker system that allows you to speak to him or listen in or point a laser at him if that still doesn't get his attention which it did that our test copies seemed to lose interest pretty quickly aside from tracking the dog's whereabouts in the house the collar also serves as a Fitbit for your pet so you can see if he's getting his steps in or what time of day he's most active both the ball and collar charge via microUSB or you can park the ball in this kennel shaped inductive charger the heavy pet sitter would seem like a good fit for city-dwelling pet owners if the company can get it to work seamlessly it launched on Kickstarter for an early bird price of one hundred and twenty four dollars and will then go up to two hundred and fifty once it's funded this includes football with the design of your choice a replacement cover the collar and the charger now getting your dog to play with a motorized ball might be the harder sell