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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 19, 2022
Albert Snedeker, Communications Mgr. II
albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu
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Students in a animal-centered computing course at Georgia Tech worked with an Iditarod musher and his sled dogs to conduct field research.
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GT Computing Student Team Working with Iditarod Sled Dog Team for Field ResearchWhether pulling a sled across the frozen tundra for hundreds of miles or guiding a visually impaired runner on a cross-country marathon, canine athletes are as prone to injury as their human counterparts.
To help reduce injuries and improve performance for canine athletes, student researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a wearable activity and gait detection device – known as WAG'd – as part of an animal-centered computing course led by College of Computing Associate Professor Melody Jackson.
Following the class last fall, development continued on the project when the interdisciplinary team went to Alaska in March to connect with an Iditarod musher and his team of sled dogs to conduct field research.
Learn more about the students behind this innovative project, which was reviewed and approved by Georgia Tech's Institutional Review Board (IRB), and how it came together in this fast-paced video profile created by GT Computing videographer Kevin Beasley.
