Climate Controlled Pet Carrier - Komfort Pets
http://www.komfortpets.com/
On hot or cold days, an animal’s body temperature can rise or drop rapidly. It’s not only uncomfortable; it can potentially reach unhealthy levels. The Komfort Pets Carrier is a revolutionary pet carrier designed to automatically keep pets cool when it’s too hot and keep them warm when it’s too cold. The Komfort Pets Carrier is the most innovative climate-controlled pet carrier in the world. The Komfort Pets Carrier can be taken or used almost anywhere. It can be used in cars, SUVs, RVs, rental cars, boats, private planes, or in your home or garage to provide a comfortable cooled or heated sanctuary for cats, dogs, rabbits, or just about any other household pet. The Komfort Pets Carrier is powered by utilizing a 110-volt electrical outlet with a 12-volt DC converter or by the 12-volt power outlet in a car, SUV, RV, private plane or boat. (Read more.) All cords and adapters are included with every Komfort Pets Carrier.

Drinkwell Pet Fountain - Vet Ventures
http://www.vetventures.com/
The Drinkwell Platinum pet fountain is the ultimate in style and design. This all new design utilizes the same patented free-falling stream of water as the original Drinkwell which entices pets to drink more, keeping them happy, healthy and hydrated. The Platinum features; a new snap on lid to prevent accidental removal, a pre-filter to catch large particles before they reach the motor, and a new submersible pump for nearly silent operation. By using a 5-inch falling stream of water, the Pet Fountain continually aerates your pet’s water with healthful oxygen. A charcoal filter also removes bad tastes and odors, giving your pet the best possible - and most appealing - way to stay hydrated!

Litter-Robot II Self Cleaning Litter Box - Automated Pet Care Products, Inc
http://www.litter-robot.com/
The Litter-Robot frees you from the chore of litter box scooping. You can be confident that your cats have a litter box that is cleaned automatically and reliably, again and again. The large waste drawer holds several days’ worth of waste, giving you the time and freedom to do the things you enjoy. You can take that weekend trip or leave town for a short business trip without having to worry about your cat’s litter box. Cleaning the litter box is now as simple as changing a kitchen garbage bag every few days. If you have several cats, the Litter-Robot drawer may still need to be emptied daily, but you’ll never again have to scoop a dirty litter box by hand! Cats prefer a clean litter box. The Litter-Robot™ patented litter sifting process is near perfect in removing waste clumps from the litter, leaving a clean litter bed for your cats, every time. The Litter-Robot™ gently separates the waste clumps from the clean litter. There is no rake mechanism that can get jammed or clogged or that needs frequent cleaning and maintenance. The Litter-Robot is a reliable, low maintenance automatic self cleaning cat litter box that works and keeps on working. Isn’t that what you expect from a self-cleaning litter box?

SmartDoor - Small - PetSafe
http://www.petsafe.net/catalog/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=71&xc=8
Give your pet a key to the house! The new PetSafe Electronic SmartDoor is the only battery-powered pet door that allows up to 5 dog/cat collar key codes, a smaller flap size, 3 modes and weather tight seal. Using radio frequency, the Electronic SmartDoor identifies your pet, allowing them to freely enter and exit your home while keeping unwanted elements out. Unique and innovative, the Electronic SmartDoor is operated by the lightweight SmartKey worn as an everyday tag on your pet’s collar. The SmartKey communicates with the SmartDoor through a radio frequency (versus infrared sensors which requires a specific line of sight from key to door) and unlocks the door as the pet approaches and relocks automatically as the pet enters or exits. The SmartKey works like a garage door opener, so as long as your pet is in the range you’ve selected, the door will unlock. Designed for the pet’s safety and convenience, the door has three levels of security — Automatic (unlimited entry through use of SmartKey), Always Unlocked, and Always Locked – and is battery powered, freeing the home of unwanted, hazardous cords.

RoamEO GPS Dog Collar - White Bear Technologies
http://www.roameoforpets.com/
The RoamEO Location System is designed for pet owners to quickly and accurately locate their pets by using state-of-the art GPS technology. RoamEO displays the concise, easy to read information on a color LCD screen that allows you to locate your pet and shows you his current movements. Each RoamEO system consists of a portable, handheld receiver that displays information received from the GPS-enabled collar on your dog. The handheld device uses a color LCD to show the location, direction and velocity of your pet. RoamEO is designed to update readings every few seconds, giving you a continuous stream of real-time information. RoamEO uses an ordinary collar that is equipped with GPS technology. Just snap the collar on your dog, turn it on, and RoamEO is operational. The RoamEO handheld unit can track up to three dogs simultaneously. A collar is required for each dog.
RoamEO has been designed so that you can set up a GPS Fence. RoamEO uses GPS coordinates that you establish by walking the perimeter of your desired fence, and commits them to memory. If your pet exits this perimeter, an audible alarm will sound. For example, you may wish to establish your property line as the perimeter for your pet. After setting up your fence, this information would be stored in your system and if your dog wanders off your property, the alarm will sound. Because this boundary is electronic, you can erase and create new ones as often as you like, giving you the flexibility for any situation or condition.

Perfect Pet Blanket - Invisible Health
http://www.invisiblehealth.net/
Millions of microscopic dust mites, bacteria and fungal spores live in your pets’ fur, or are tracked in on their paws and thrive in their bedding. Those contaminants – which can cause or aggravate asthma, strep or staph infections – can then be spread to your carpeting, upholstery, drapes and other fabric furnishings, the biggest source of bacterial growth in your home. But an innovative new technology now allows pet owners to provide “Invisible Health” to their pets, in the form of a blanket specially treated with an EPA-, FDA- and NASA-tested-and-approved technology. The “space age” treatment enables the blanket to eliminate 99.9% of all fungal, bacterial and algal growth. The coating on Invisible Health’s pet blankets is bonded to the blanket’s surface. It actually disrupts the cell membrane of harmful microbes, eradicating them within minutes of contact. The coating is 100% safe, can’t separate or leach from the surface, and is completely non-toxic and environmentally friendly. The blanket can be safely machine-washed and tumble-dried.

PRODUCTS SHOWN
Climate Controlled Pet Carrier - Komfort Pets
$399 US

Drinkwell Pet Fountain - Vet Ventures
$80 US

Litter-Robot II Self Cleaning Litter Box - Automated Pet Care Products, Inc
$299.00 US

SmartDoor - PetSafe
$149.99 US (small)
$229.99 US (large)

RoamEO GPS Dog Collar - White Bear Technologies
$549.95 US

Perfect Pet Blanket - Invisible Health
$49.95 US (small)
$59.95 US (medium)
$69.95 US (large)

1.The ProComp 2 is a two channel physiological monitoring system that can be used to record physiological signals such as brainwaves (encephalography, or EEG), muscle activity (electromyography, or EMG), heart beat (electrocardiography, or ECG), finger pulse (blood volume pulse, or BVP), skin conductance (SC), temperature and respiration. This demonstration covers skin conductance and electromyography. The EMG sensor requires using electrodes, which are plastic or metal disks covered with a conductive substance. They snap onto the sensor and have an adhesive foam pad which is used to hold the electrodes against the client’s skin. The SC sensor has two short leads with electrodes on finger straps, which are fastened to two fingers of one hand. Usually, the index and ring finger. EMG measures the electrical activity of a muscle, in micro-volts. When the muscle contracts, small electrical potentials are picked up between the electrodes and this is shown on the screen as a line that moves up and down. Increasing muscle tension is shown as an upward signal. Skin conductance measures - indirectly - how sweaty the skin on the fingers is. The more stressed a person is, the more sweaty their hands are and the more conductive their skin is. This is also shown as an increasing signal value. For both physiological signals, the clinical target usually aims at lowering their value. The ProComp 2 is a two channel digitizer device, which samples the sensor signal 32 times per second and sends that data to the software via a USB interface. A fiber optic cable is used to send the data from the ProComp 2 to the USB interface because these cables are not susceptible to electrical interference and they help keep the client safe from risks of electrocution. (This is and FDA requirement for all such devices.)

2.BioGraph Infiniti is a physiological monitoring and multimedia biofeedback software which is used to perform three main tasks: Recording, reviewing and reporting physiological data. As the sensors detect changes in the physiology, the recorded data is immediately converted to useful and understandable information and immediately shown on the screen. The data might be represented as a line moving across a graph or a bar moving up and down, like the red line on a thermometer. Multimedia feedback involves triggering various media actions from physiological conditions. For example, the theme from The Lab With Leo can start playing when the EMG signal decreases below a certain value, which would indicate that the client (Leo) has managed to relax his muscles below a threshold set on the graph. BioGraph provides clinicians with many multimedia options, like playing DVD movies, CD music or music files like Wav or MP3 songs.

3.Biofeedback is a concept which has been around for many years. It involves measuring physiological signals and showing the change on some visual display, in real time. The client is asked to look at the display and make the line or the bar move up or down. The immediate feedback of success or failure helps the client learn to control a previously unconscious process. This is called self-regulation. Clinicians will generally assess the client’s baseline values and test their reaction to different stress situations. Then they will define target values and set thresholds on a display screen. The client gets rewarded by some kind of multimedia event (ex. playing music) when the threshold is reached. Clinicians use biofeedback for many applications, but the main ones are stress control and muscle rehabilitation.
4.Telemedicine is a term used to describe any remote application of a clinical intervention. Among our customers, we have clinicians who use Internet based applications, such as Skype and GoToMeeting (desktop sharing by invitation), to give treatment in remote or tough to access places. Dr. Ray Folen, for example, works out of the Tripler Army Medical Center, in Hawaii, and is responsible for providing health services to active-duty service members of all branches of service across the entire Pacific Basin, including Japan, Korea and Guam. Instead of having the patients flown to Hawaii and housed for the duration of the treatment, Dr Folen has started using “telehealth” technology to provide treatment services to patients located thousands of miles away. The biofeedback system is set up at the remote site. The clinician controls the remote computer using commercially available web conferencing or remote PC control software, which also allows him to see what’s going on, on the screen. All that is required at the remote site is that a clinic assistant help the client get hooked up with the various sensors.

5.Final point: The video game development world is becoming interested in biofeedback because it can provide new ways to expand the player experience. Imagine a game that would be able to sense the players stress – or boredom – levels and vary its challenges based on real-time physiological inputs. There are also interesting medical applications being developed, based on adapting virtual reality environments to the client’s physiological reactions, particularly in the field of phobic desensitization (fear of flying, fear of crowds and fear of public speaking). BioGraph offers a number of developer tools, including a dynamic link library of programming functions (SDK), that third-party developers can use to interface with our software and equipment.

Show Notes RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
For more information on biofeedback and its applications, you can visit the Thought Technology Website or contact biofeedback and neurofeedback (biofeedback for brainwaves) professional organizations:
www.thoughttechnology.com/folen.htm - Link to an article on “telehealth”
www.aapb.org - Association for applied psycho-physiology and biofeedback
www.isnr.org - International society for neurofeedback and research
www.bfe.org - Biofeedback foundation of Europe

The cmoy pocket amplifier, originally designed by Chu Moy is a cheap and easy to build amplifier. Its so small and versatile that it can be built small enough to fit in a pocket, power supply and all.

For these reasons, the cmoy pocket amplifier is an ideal project to get started in audio DIY. With ready available parts from your local Radio Shack or from a major online parts seller like Digi-Key (http://digi-key.ca) you can have this puppy up and running in a couple of hours.

A complete schematic and parts list with recommended part numbers from digi-key is available at http://digitalunderground.tv/projects/cmoyamp.zip

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
http://digitalunderground.tv/projects/cmoyamp.zip