CatCam

Ever wonder what your cat does all day? A guy in Germany decided to find out by attaching a camera to his cat's collar and programming it to take pictures periodically. I have mixed feelings about making the cat carry an attachment that wasn't intended for any purpose other than human curiosity. But the results are quite intriguing: He learned that cats mostly hang around the neighborhood checking out other cats.

What strikes me most is that the cat's world is really about cats. This should not be surprising given that the human's world is mostly about humans, but sometimes our very self-centeredness does not permit us to see how self-interested others are too. And I'm not meaning this in a totally negative way: Of course people care about people, and cats care about cats. This makes sense as a way of nature. Anyway, it's worth knowing that Kitty's attention is mostly attuned to all the other cats in the neighborhood.

Check out the CatCam project.