This makes me wish I had a cat, or maybe a water proof version of this so I could use it with my fish…
Developed by chaos labs in Japan, and based on the neural network of a mouse, the Chaos Wand will stimulate your cat’s natural hunting instinct. Sit back and relax with the radio control for the ultimate game of Cat-and-Mouse!
… The Cat Attack uses the latest research in chaos theory and complex systems to emulate the movements and personality of a cat’s favorite prey. This “virtual mouse” technology utilizes algorithms based on a six-dimensional coupled nzmap system modeled on the neural network of a real mouse. What that all means is that the Cat Attack’s “virtual mouse” will become your cat’s new best friend!
Neural network of a mouse? It looks like a little floppy thing on an arm that is rotated by a motor in the radio controlled base. Maybe the arm is moved automaticly when the base is driven around the room and if the ‘virtual mouse’ is not active enough you can give it a virtual goose by pressing the ‘spin’ button. My experience with R/C cars and cats is that the cat will see the moving car and run away from it once it moves. Perhaps the rodent neural network makes up for this and the cat is drawn towards it like a fist to a well crafted lure.
We actually got one of these for Christmas last year. Results were mixed; one of our cats absolutely loved it, and at one point ran down the hall with the tether end in his mouth, dragging the entire body behind him. Hilarious! OTOH, the other cat ran away from it as soon as we turned it on.