How to Feel Like A Dog

Tailly, a wearable wagging tail, is the weirdest new way to express your feelings

Forget mood rings, now Japanese developer Shota Ishwatari has a new nonverbal way to communicate.

Tailly is a wearable wagging tail which reacts to the user’s heart rate.

Ever observed your dog happily wagging his tail and longed for a cute, nonverbal way to express your feelings?

Good news: your very own wearable tail could be just a few generous donations away.

Tailly, a furry faux tail attached to a belt, is designed to react to your emotions just like a real tail would, according to developer Shota Ishwatari. Heart rate sensors inside the belt cause the tail to wag faster or slower according to your mood.

"When you get excited, the tail waggles wildy, and when you calm down, it will swing slowly," Ishwatari says in a video posted on the Kickstarter.com page he created to help fund the project.

"Normally it hangs down, but every now and then it momentarily springs into movement."

The Tailly's belt contains a sensor that reads the wearer's heart rate. The tail then wags faster or slower accordingly.

Tailly will be available in a variety of colors, according to the Kickstarter page.

"You could even wear Tailly on a date and express your true feelings through the wagging tail," the developers suggest.

Ishwatari is also the creator of Necomimi, a pair of wiggling cat ears, and says fans clamored for a matching tail.

If this sounds like a brilliant idea to you, don't wait -- the deadline to fund Ishwatari's project is Sunday, January 6. If the project moves forward, he aims to deliver Taillys to customers by August.

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