A robot dog keeps dieters on a leash

I love my dog. I can always learn something from her.
But how about A ROBOT dog that monitors your daily food intake and exercise levels and warns you not to eat that cheesecake? The health-conscious pooch connects wirelessly to the dieter's pedometer and an electronic diary of their eating habits, to calculate their daily calorie intake and expenditure.
While it may sound frivolous, its US developers hope the robot, a souped-up version of Sony's dog Aibo, could ultimately help in the fight against the western world's obesity epidemic.
It is coming soon to Boston and New York.
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