Predators have no problem taking pets

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »

Recently there have been three reports coming out of south Lee County about coyotes attacking dogs. The story that Julie Fortney tells is horrifying. Her fiance, Lance Franklin, had just taken the couple's two-year-old dog Ollie out for his last walk of ...

Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life

Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »

At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ ...

Call of the bay

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »

Mark Hawthorne finds a plethora of diversions, from boating to bathing to biking. The harbour has always been Sydney's playground, a stretch of water that lies at the very heart of the Emerald City's cultural identity. By contrast, Melburnians are somewhat more blase about Port Phillip ...

Call of the bay

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »

Mark Hawthorne finds a plethora of diversions, from boating to bathing to biking. The harbour has always been Sydney's playground, a stretch of water that lies at the very heart of the Emerald City's cultural identity. By contrast, Melburnians are somewhat more blase about Port Phillip ...