{"id":9876,"date":"2019-09-24T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T00:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876"},"modified":"2019-09-24T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T00:25:08","slug":"puppy-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876","title":{"rendered":"Puppy Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9878\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9878\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9878\" src=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-5.05.13-PM.png\" alt=\"September 2019 805 Living Magazine Story on Tombot.\" width=\"537\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-5.05.13-PM.png 537w, https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-5.05.13-PM-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">September 2019 805 Living Magazine Story on Tombot.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Are robot puppies the next frontier in dementia\u00a0treatment? Tombot, Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/tombot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tombot.com<\/a>), working\u00a0with experts from <a href=\"http:\/\/creatureshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop,<\/a>\u00a0has created a realistic robot companion that\u00a0may help improve the quality of life for a senior\u00a0who can no longer care for a pet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeniors in general and particularly seniors\u00a0with dementia have been ignored by the tech\u00a0world,\u201d says Westlake Village\u2013area resident\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tombot.com\/#home-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Stevens<\/a>, founder and CEO of Tombot.\u00a0Inspired in part by his mother\u2019s battle with\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s disease and subsequent need\u00a0to give up her beloved dog, Stevens and his\u00a0team have concluded a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstarter<\/a>\u00a0campaign and are now ruggedizing the design\u00a0specs to ship their first robotic dogs in August\u00a02020. The basic model bot costs $450. With\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Health Organization<\/a> reporting\u00a0nearly 10 million new cases of dementia every\u00a0year, the future looks bright for helping seniors\u00a0with a new kind of puppy love. \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=4378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click here to read this story as it appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/805living.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>805 Living<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/a>, September 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/805-Living-Pulse-Sept-2019.pdf\">805 Living Pulse Sept 2019<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9872\" src=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-15-at-3.04.20-PM-233x300.png\" alt=\"805 sept 2019 cover\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-15-at-3.04.20-PM-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-15-at-3.04.20-PM.png 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-9876\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-9876\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-9876\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9876&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are robot puppies the next frontier in dementia\u00a0treatment? 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