STACK #197 Mar 2021

LIFE TECH FEATURE

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Cheerble Wicked Ball The fabric-covered Cheerble Wicked Ball is the perfect playmate for the feline in your life. The core in the middle of the ball delivers eight hours of battery power and entertainment. The ball runs in blocks of time, so for ten minutes it will vibrate and roll around the floor and then rest for 30 minutes before continuing the cycle. However, if the cat paws the sphere, it will leap into action. It also features an inbuilt anti-avoidance system to prevent it from getting jammed up against furniture, while flashing LED lights will also help to keep the cat amused. The completely safe outer synthetic cover is

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Famous folk in history and their FELINES Freddie Mercury was so obsessed with his cats that he repurposed a room in his London home to house them all. The Queen song Delilah was written about his favourite moggy. The founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, was an ailurophile and famously said, “Cats possess more sympathy and feeling than human beings.” John Lennon purportedly owned over 20 cats throughout his lifetime, calling his very first Elvis. He named other pairs of cats Major and Minor and Salt and Pepper. Aside from being a phenomenal singer, Eartha Kitt also acted and played Catwoman in the third series of the ‘60s TV show Batman . It won’t come as a surprise that she adored cats.

page on social media, you’re likely used to seeing regular lost dog posts. Should you be an

washable. What we like:

• The interactive cycles designed to mix up activities • By using the 30-minute downtime, the cat won’t become bored

owner of a four-legged furry fugitive, this device might be just what the vet ordered. Using LTE technology (a type of 4G tech), dogs can be live tracked, and by setting up a virtual fence, once said pooch gets mobile, you’ll be alerted. Easily attached to the collar, it’s also possible to set active targets for more sedentary dogs and track performance; think of it as a fitness tracker for your dog. Although relatively low in cost, there is a subscription service attached to it. What we like: • Easy to charge, the battery lasts up to five days • Location history and the ability to live-track your woofer iFetch Too Designed for medium to larger dogs, the iFetch Too effectively lobs tennis balls over three selectable distances – three, seven and 12 metres – depending on how big your garden is, or how hard you want to work Fido. A rechargeable battery makes the unit easily transportable and one full charge will deliver close to 300 ejections. And this is the good bit – if your dog is well trained, you could even teach it to drop the ball in the large opening situated on the top and send itself on a run, leaving you more time to relax. What we like: • The different distance settings • Portability

Cheerble Wicked Bone Bones are to dogs what cheese is to wine. But if your hound is anything like ours, that moment of obsessive osseous appreciation is short-lived, and when that last bit of cartilage is stripped, it’s left on the lawn to stub a toe on. The Cheerble Wicked Bone, which connects to an app via Bluetooth, is a feature-packed smart device/bone that has an auto-play setting (if your dog runs off, it will roll after it). And the bit we like the best: a drive mode. This lets the user control the bone directly from a virtual joystick in the app, delivering fun for owner and dog alike. It’s easily cleaned and when the tyres wear out, they can be replaced. What we like: • An excellent selection of

different functions for entertainment • The app-driven component is good fun

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