In Japan, where pets now outnumber kids under 15 🧒→🐾, a tech purr-olution is underway! Meet CatsMe!—an AI app transforming how owners monitor their feline friends’ health. Developed by UK startup Carelogy and Nihon University researchers, this tool uses your cat’s selfies to detect pain levels. 📸🤖
Why It Meow-tters
With Japan’s aging population and declining birth rates, pets are filling homes (and hearts) like never before. But spotting illness in cats? Tricky. ‘Cats hide pain instinctively,’ explains vet Dr. Saito. Enter CatsMe!—snap a photo, and its AI analyzes 120+ facial points, rating pain as none, slight, or severe. Owners get instant insights without stressful vet trips. 🚑➡️📲
Tech That’s Catnip for Users
Trained on 6,000 cat pics 🐈📚 and boasting 95% accuracy, the app has already won over 230k users since its 2023 debut. ‘It caught my cat’s UTI early!’ shares Tokyo user Aya Nakamura. Developers say the AI keeps learning—so expect even sharper claw-culus as more kitties join the database. 🧠💡
From Tokyo apartments to Osaka cafes, Japan’s cat lovers are embracing this blend of care and code. After all, when your pet’s health is on the line, why not let AI lend a paw? 🐾✨
