A GENIUS gadget can stop your cat from smuggling animals into your home.
The latest AI-powered cat door automatically detects and stops pet moggies if they are carrying prey.
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And it will also record every attempted entry through the door for owners to see their pet’s movements.
The Flappie works as a small cat entrance that can be fitted into any door.
The flap remains locked until motion sensors detect that a cat has appeared, before scanning its microchip to ensure it is at the right house.
This triggers an infrared camera, installed just above the opening, to scan the cat’s face and, using AI, determine if it is carrying anything.
If a cat hunts down a bird or a mouse and tries to smuggle the body into the house, Flappie will automatically shut its doors, preventing the pet from bringing it in.
The hatch will automatically unlock when the cat drops its catch.
Designed by a startup called Flappie, the product uses a high-definition night vision camera built on a custom AI algorithm very similar to face recognition technology.
According to the developers, the device currently works with 90 per cent accuracy.
But it will improve even more with time using machine learning as the AI gets familiar with the cat.
Owners can also set up an app to alert them when this happens and watch it live on their phone from the comfort of their bed.
Flappie debuted earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show 2024 in Las Vegas.
Priced at £310, the device will be available in the market from Spring this year
The unique product was developed by Denis and Oliver Widler from Switzerland while trying to help their mother who had been annoyed beyond limits stepping on dead prey her cat brought in.
Oliver Widler said: “We found that cats are remarkably intelligent. Dixie, Rocky, and our other test cats learned to drop their prey fairly quickly.”
The company is now working on improving the AI so that it can recognise what the cat is carrying.
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