As the new academic school year approaches, many college students are facing the tough moment of saying goodbye to their pets. At CMU's Entertainment Technology Center, a group of first-year graduate ...

When Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Brian He proposed developing a fully virtual pet, the idea was rejected for lacking innovation. Despite the setback, the Physical Presence Pet team ...

What if your childhood Tamagotchi could step off the screen and into the real world? Imagine a tiny robot, complete with blinking eyes and lifelike movements, responding to your voice and following ...

LANSING, MI – More pet owners could get vet care from their home under a proposal to expand veterinary telemedicine. “The use of telehealth expanded during the pandemic, and veterinary medicine was no ...