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X-ray image of a microchip implant in a cat. A microchip implant is an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of an animal. The chip, about the size of a large grain of rice, uses passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, and is also known as a PIT (passive integrated transponder) tag.
The first known robotic pet was a robot dog called Sparko, built by the American company Westinghouse in 1940. It never got sold due to poor public interest [citation needed]. The first robotic pets to be put on the market were Hasbro's Furby in 1998 and Sony's AIBO in 1999. [1] Since then, robotic pets have grown increasingly advanced.
A virtual pet (also known as a digital pet, artificial pet, [1] or pet-raising simulation) is a type of artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment, or as an alternative to a real pet. Digital pets have no concrete physical form other than the hardware they run on.
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Project: A new Mini Pet Mart Location: 974 West Sixth Ave., Eugene. Foundation work has begun on a new Mini Pet Mart at the site of the former Mini Pet Mart on West Sixth Avenue in Eugene. The ...
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Although a distinct show, contestants can submit their videos to America's Funniest Home Videos from which the show draws on for its animal-related video clips. [citation needed] The majority of the video clips are short (5–30 seconds) and closely related to the segment's theme as introduced and narrated by the host. Videos usually feature ...