A Dog Blog - Alcala Pet Care » Yahoo http://www.adogblog.net/dogblog Mon, 30 May 2011 22:16:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Pecan the photographing guide dog http://www.adogblog.net/dogblog/pecan-photo-guide-dog/ http://www.adogblog.net/dogblog/pecan-photo-guide-dog/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:32:06 +0000 Ted http://www.adogblog.net/dogblog/?p=94 The Yahoo! Accessibility Lab created a fun project this year which gives a guide dog the ability to photograph her perspective of the world. Pecan is the guide dog for Lucy Greco, who runs the accessibility center for UC Berkeley.

The project started at the CSUN conference earlier this year. This is the biggest conference for assistive technology and education. Pecan became the star of the show as everyone wanted to see the budding photographer.

Pecan, Lucy, and the Yahoo! Accessibility Lab recently visited the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley. This center, conveniently attached to a BART station, provides a synergistic environment for organizations that improve the lives of the disabled. Enjoy the photographs as Pecan guides Lucy around this impressive center.

Pecan uses a Nokia phone that uploads the geolocated images to a server. This server provides some basic image manipulation and submits the images to Flickr, a photo sharing site from Yahoo.

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Alcala Pet Care now has a Search Monkey application to make it even easier to contact us and make a reservation.  Simply visit the San Diego Dog Information application and click the Add Enhanced Results button. There’s nothing for you to download or install on your computer. It’s just telling Yahoo that you would like to see more information about Alcala whenever it appears in a search result.

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