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Reach-In formerly Apriori Control is a technology company that "provides real-time physical interactions over the internet."〔(Company website )〕〔(Company website )〕 It manufactures devices and webcams that can be controlled remotely. A popular product is iPet Companion, which allows users to view and interact with pets. ==iPet Companion== Reach-In (Apriori, LLC) developed iPet Companion in cooperation with the Idaho Humane Society and the Oregon Humane Society. Using cat toys tied to robotic arms, website visitors could play with kittens housed at the societies' animal shelters. Since the installation, pet adoptions have increased at both shelters.〔 The idea was born serendipidously when an engineer's cat distracted him from working on a robotic arm.〔 Reach-In (Apriori, LLC) donated a prototype system to the Idaho Humane Society for the initial launch in June 2010.〔 All the toy mechanisms were broken within the first week, and had to be strengthened to survive the "destructive capacity of a roomful of kittens."〔 An iPet Companion system was installed at Bideawee in New York City in October 2011, making it the only shelter on the East Coast of the United States with the system. The Michigan Humane Society Berman Center for Animal Care in Westland, Michigan has a system. In 2012, Kong Company〔(Company website )〕 partnered with Reach-In to install iPet Companion technology in humane societies around the United States, “Pets Need to Play” campaign. Shelters house the interactive toys for six weeks at their facilities to help adoptable pets find forever homes, and increase sponsorships for the shelters. Shelters include Foothills Animal Shelter in Kong's home Golden, Colorado, Arizona Animal Welfare League & Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Valley, Arizona, Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. and Los Angeles Best Friends Pet Adoption & Spay Neuter Center in Mission Hills, California. The web interface requires Microsoft Silverlight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reach-In」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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