This smart collar delivers the dumb idea of giving your cat a human voice

Because your cat doesn’t already hate you enough, why not strap a gadget around its neck and give it even more reasons to look upon your human form with disdain.

That’s the only cat conclusion we can come to after watching the YouTube commercial for a device called the Catterbox, a cat collar that supposedly turns cat meows and purrs into human speech. Of course, the device isn’t sold as actually translating cat mews into human words, rather, the device appears to trigger pre-recorded human phrases when the cat emits a sound.

“We’ve analysed these cat sounds and created a program that detects a cat’s meow and matches it to a human voice.” reads the product description on the company’s website. “We then put this technology inside a sleek 3D printed collar which connects seamlessly to our app where you can choose your cat’s new voice.”

Ok, kinda funny. Kinda cute. Until you think about actually strapping the 3D-printed collar around your pet’s neck. Imagine, if you will, that you’re a mellow cat who now has to hear a loud human voice pierce your furry ears from a speaker around your neck every time you utter the faintest meow.

Yep. Cat torture.

If this product is even real (let’s hope it’s just a prank), and if you love your cat, we suggest passing on this one.