The idea grew from caring for a sick cat, Spot, whose chronic vomiting and excessive shedding didn't respond to conventional medications and prescription diets.

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We did some of the above this hurricane weekend, but we also did a lot of squabbling (so much for harmony) and had to deal with a sick cat (so much for amusement).

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For someone who needed to make sure his sick cat got special food not available to his healthy cat, an Arduino motherboard controlled a device, using a converted CD player, that enabled and restricted access to a bowl.

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Twitter users may cringe at the thought that their tweet about the cat getting sick will outlive them like this, but they should celebrate, then make their next tweet really good.

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