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Letter: Letter

Published 29 June 2002

From Bob Millar

So Temco of Tokyo has taken out a patent for a radio and loudspeaker assembly harnessed to the back of a dog’s head that allows commands to be transmitted from a distance (1 June, p 23). This device is remarkably like the “Electronic Dog Anchor” idea that I sent in to Dilbert’s Lazy Entrepreneur website (now sadly defunct) about 18 months ago.

Hässelby, Sweden

Issue no. 2349 published 29 June 2002

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