{"657433":{"#nid":"657433","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Iditarod Sled Dogs Test New Device That Could Reduce Injuries for Canine Athletes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether pulling a sled across the frozen tundra for hundreds of miles or guiding a visually impaired runner on a cross-country marathon, canine athletes are as prone to injury as their human counterparts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo help reduce injuries and improve performance for canine athletes, student researchers at Georgia Tech have\u0026nbsp;developed a\u0026nbsp;wearable activity and gait detection device \u0026ndash; known as WAG\u0026#39;d \u0026ndash; as part of an animal-centered computing course led by College of Computing Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMelody\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJackson\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the class last fall, development continued on the project when the interdisciplinary team went to Alaska in March to connect with an Iditarod musher and his team of sled dogs to conduct field research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the students behind this innovative project,\u0026nbsp;which was reviewed and approved by Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Institutional Review Board (IRB), and how it came together in this fast-paced\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/3aoZI5PoTYc\u0022\u003Evideo profile\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;created by GT Computing videographer \u003Cstrong\u003EKevin\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EBeasley\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students in a animal-centered computing course at Georgia Tech worked with an Iditarod musher and his sled dogs to conduct field research."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2022-04-19 14:13:50","changed_gmt":"2022-04-19 15:20:49","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"657434":{"id":"657434","type":"image","title":"GT Computing Student Team Working with Iditarod Sled Dog Team for Field Research","body":null,"created":"1650379129","gmt_created":"2022-04-19 14:38:49","changed":"1650379129","gmt_changed":"2022-04-19 14:38:49","alt":"GT Computing Student Team Working with Iditarod Sled Dog Team for Field Research","file":{"fid":"249175","name":"WAGd-team-pic-2022.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/WAGd-team-pic-2022.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/WAGd-team-pic-2022.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":383380,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/WAGd-team-pic-2022.jpg?itok=SKDdyS8l"}}},"media_ids":["657434"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3aoZI5PoTYc","title":"VIDEO: Iditarod Sled Dogs Test New Device That Could Reduce Injuries for Canine Athletes"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"66442","name":"MS HCI"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"22621","name":"Human-Centered Computing"},{"id":"190397","name":"canine athletes"},{"id":"96031","name":"Melody Jackson"},{"id":"190398","name":"Iditarod"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Mgr. II\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=Canine%20athletes\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}