By Jack Corrigan,
February 12, 2019
The agency is investing in a smart harness that would monitor the health of Border Patrol’s K-9 units.
The Homeland Security Department is investing in a data analytics tool that would help ensure the thousands of dogs that work for the agency stay healthy.
The agency’s Science and Technology Directorate on Tuesday announced a roughly $200,000 contract with HaloLights to prototype a sensor-equipped harness that monitors dogs’ heart rate, body temperature and other vitals. In addition to health data, the harness would also track each dog’s GPS location and monitor environmental factors like air temperature and humidity.
The tech would feed that data back to support staff in real-time and alert them to any irregularities, allowing them to keep group’s K-9 units safe and strong in the short- and long-term.
https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2019/02/dhs-wants-outfit-its-dogs-wearable-tech/154824/
