EU law requires pig farmers keep their livestock entertained (so they’re in good emotional health when it’s time to slaughter them for bacon), so some designers from the Netherlands made Pig Chase:
Pigs play with the help of a large touch sensitive display. On it, a human-controlled ball of light moves around. When they touch the ball, it fires off colorful sparks. Humans play the game on a tablet computer such as an iPad. They move the ball of light with their finger and see the pigs’ snouts as if they were on the other side of the screen. If pigs and humans move in harmony, that is, if a pig’s snout and the human’s ball of light move through a goal triangle, it triggers a colorful display of fireworks.
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This definitely did not make me tear up.
But actually, this is probably the only reason that I would buy a tablet. I mean, it’s my dream use of technology—to have EVEN MORE fun with animals.
