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Android Auto or Android Automotive: what are the differences?

  Google has two systems designed for the automotive industry , living together in peace, but the idea of ​​the American giant is to kill one so that the other can fly freely and position itself as the most widely used option in the world. The motor world is not divided only into Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.  Although it may seem that it is, because they are the two great options of Apple and Google, one of the companies has another service running. This is called Android Automotive  and it comes to replace Android Auto, in a movement that the people of Google will understand because it is difficult for us to understand in the middle of the explosion of the connected car where getting a single standard is already complicated. Despite this,  Google believes that Android Automotive is the future of the sector  and that is why they are putting all their eggs in the same basket. And, as has happened to all of us, you are most likely wondering : how are t...

Choosing a Veterinary Hospital For Your Exotic Pet: 5 Basic Questions

Every few weeks, my exotic pet hospital in New York receives a call from a desperate exotic pet owner somewhere far away seeking advice about their sick pet. Sometimes it’s about a reptile, sometimes about a bird or bunny. The caller might be from the Midwest , Canada, or even from another continent. Unfortunately, in most cases, there is little we can recommend over the phone, and we generally advise pet-owner to take their animals to an exotic pet-savvy veterinarian to be examined. While there are several great resources online directing people to terrific local vets who are comfortable treating exotic species, for some people in certain remote locations, exotic pet veterinarians can be hard to find. What are the most important things to look for when you are seeking out care for an exotic pet vet? Here are 5 essential considerations: 1. How many (snakes, birds, ferrets, rabbits, whatever species) has this vet ever treated? While the practice may not always make perfect, it certain...

Do Dogs Dream?

 Whether or not  dogs dream isn’t known with scientific certainty, but it sure is difficult to imagine that they don’t. We’ve all watched our dogs demonstrate behaviours in their sleep that resemble what they do in a fully awake state. Paddling legs, whining, growling, wagging tails, chewing jowls, and twitching noses inspire us to wonder what our dogs are dreaming about. What we know about dogs and dreams While our knowledge on this topic is very limited, the following known information helps us believe that dogs do indeed experience dreams. According to   MIT News , Matthew Wilson, a professor of neuroscience at MIT, and Kenway Louie, a graduate student in 2001,  have studied the relationships between memory, sleep and dreams. They found that when rats were trained to run along a circular track for food rewards , their brains created a distinctive firing pattern of neurons ( brain cells ). The researchers repeated the brain monitoring while...