OVERVIEW: Petcube - gadget for beloved pets

Smart gadgets that are made for the animals, a lot. However, most of them still for the hosts. For example, the beacons that pet will not get lost. With Petcube another story.

What is Petcube

Petcube - this camera hybrid, laser pointer, microphone, and speakers. This combination of components you need to watch out for home animalsTo entertain him and even speak with him. It turns out that with Petcube you will be sure that the small mammal in the order, cheerful and happy, and at the same time and themselves will be less bored.

Appearance and equipment

Petcube looks minimalistic and tidy. It is a small cube (edge ​​length - 10 cm) in an aluminum housing with rounded corners. It can be hidden in any interior.

Petcube is powered from the mains, complete with it comes a short cord, which imposes certain restrictions on the number of places available for installation. The cube must be at a height of one meter above the floor. The field of view is better not to get into the walls with wallpaper or fragile items.

In the box - a simple guide to connect the gadget and handling.

Using the application

The camera and the pointer controlled by the application for iOS or Android.

For communication using Wi-Fi-connection.

You download the app, associate it with the camera and get access to my cube, the opportunity to play with the animals and watch the house. Simple operation, Petcube beam follows the movement of the finger across the screen.

Since animals are not always there, you can configure the notification that the small mammal in the camera view. If you want to play here and now, you have a voice call. You can beckon pet when you have a free minute at work.

If during the day you have no time, you can configure the automatic play mode. You can do things with a calm heart, knowing that boring house.

Big bonus - it has its own Petcube owners of the network that allows access and application. Cuban installed in many homes and kotokafe, and the owners are allowed to connect to the cameras to their animals could talk to anyone.

Indeed anyone because I do not necessarily buy the cube to download the app and get dog on the other side of the planet to run for the spot light.

I first of all put the application (as it is written in the instructions), and there - hundreds of real live lion, next to which the owners left rassharennye all Petcube. For a couple of hours managed to get acquainted with lazy cats, crafty cats, indifferent seals, thoroughbred and not, seals, who smash everything around, seals ninja crowd of cheerful kittens. In general, before turning on his box, it never came. All seals!

There is also a dog there, but seals - there is SEALs!

Andrew Saturday, user Petcube

However, you can not open all over the world access to your camera, and to be limited to only those people who you trust. There are several modes:

1. "Family" - the list of accounts that will have full access to the cube.
2. "Friends" - list of accounts for which you can limit access time to the cube, the use of sound or laser.
3. "Public" - is also possible to set a time limit and availability of sound or laser.

Minuses

Minus, perhaps, one. Furry and not-so apartment dwellers sometimes no longer interested in the red dot. This is especially noticeable when you try to play with the animals being monitored by cameras shared. Some pets seem to already so tired of playing, they did not react to the pointer. Of course, sooner or later will take their hunting instinct, but be prepared that the interest in the pursuit of a red stain undulating. Nothing can be done, accept the fact that your pussy sometimes he does not want to talk to you.

Well, do not forget to play with the dogs and cats around the world nicer than be bored reports or modify the project, so do not overdo Petcube at work. Although it is hard.

To buy or not to buy

Not all do understand why animals doroguschy (12 999 rubles) toy. You do not understand? Pass by, this gadget is not for you.

Bored, worried, as there is no pet you? Then it makes sense to think about buying.

Layfhaker thanks Store Medgadgets.ru for providing the test device.