KYON is breaking open the lines of human-animal communication with its stylish all-in-one collar that provides a unique opportunity for owners to communicate with their pets. With many advanced features, this revolutionary smart collar, in many ways, resembles Apple’s watch. The KYON Pet Tracker is a piece of high grade tech that is taking the pet tech market to the very cutting edge of technological advancement.
We meet KYON’s Founder & CEO LEON YOHAI.
What is KYON?
“KYON is the first all-in-one pet collar with embedded GPS and mobile technology and a LED display that makes communication with your pet easier than ever before, so you no longer have to guess what your pet is feeling.
“The KYON collar works together with a user‐friendly mobile application which enables owners to monitor, track, and receive information or alerts about their pets. KYON is launching a Kickstarter campaign on March 1st that aims to attract backers’ support to put the KYON collar into production.”
What was the inspiration behind KYON?
“We started working on Kyon about two and a half years ago with a team of engineers in Athens. We wanted to create a lightweight device that looked like a regular collar and we were inspired by the word Kyon, which means dog in ancient Greek.
“I have a Maltese named Charlie, and I wanted to be able to communicate with him. Small dogs don’t communicate as well as larger breeds, so I wanted to know when he needed to go out, if he was too hot, if he was too cold – I wanted to know exactly what was going on with him.”
What are the smart collar’s key features?
“It looks very much like a regular collar but has an LED screen hidden under the elastic PPU collar. You see a message on the collar and your smartphone app when your dog is feeling too cold, too hot, or is feeling sick.”
The KYON collar comes with many advanced components that have been over two years in development.
“We wanted to increasingly streamline the collar so that it wasn’t bulky, and didn’t look strange while the dog was wearing the collar, and fitted the animal’s neck comfortably.”
KYON’s key features include GPS, GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity and it has a deal with Vodafone to operate in over 120 countries. It even boasts an accelerometre to track body temperature and activity levels and an altimetre to track where your dog is located if missing (it can also be used to track cats) in an apartment block for instance.
The collar comes with a heat sensor, so if your pet is overheating and at risk of heat stroke, a message will appear on the collar’s LED display that says “I’m hot”…
KYON smart collar for dogs With its 9-axis accelerometer KYON is able to monitor activity levels over time, so you can constantly know if your pet is happy or feeling a bit off. KYON will warn you in time if your pet needs your attention. Owners can also monitor their pet’s daily activity level. The collar comes with a heat sensor, so if your pet is overheating and at risk of heat stroke, a message will appear on the collar’s LED display that says “I’m hot”, as well as on the your phone – it works on iPhones and will eventually roll out to the Android market. Remarkably, KYON can detect if your pet has fallen into a pool, enabling you to swoop in to the rescue.
Leon explained: “The collar looks like a collar, fits neck sizes from 24cm to 34cm in circumference and weighs only 40 gramms. It’s revolutionary technology that can detect whether your pet is too hot or too cold using the inbuilt temperature sensor and can even detect when your pet is shivering. You then get an alert on the collar and on your app,” Leon explains.
The collar is charged using a base station at home that also communicates with the KYON server and your app to send you the real-time information you need about your pet. The water sensor is another feature where you get notified if your pet is in water. This can really saves lives as many pet owners have a dog that has fallen into a swimming pool and can’t get out.
“There’s also the sound buzzer feature which senses when your dog is barking and maybe disturbing neighbours. If you need it to stop and it’s constant, you can press a button on your phone to emit a 24 kilohertz beep that stops the barking. That can also work if your dog is in a fight with another dog and you’re not around. It really is revolutionary.”
Owners can also use the KYON app to set notifications about important dates, such as scheduled veterinarian appointments, annual vaccinations and walk reminders. They are then displayed on the collar and the owner’s mobile phone.
For more information, visit: www.kyontracker.com