{"id":4003,"date":"2025-05-27T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=4003"},"modified":"2025-05-27T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:32:29","slug":"paw-patroller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/the-trinity-reporter-spring-2025\/along-the-walk\/paw-patroller\/","title":{"rendered":"Paw Patroller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An electronic pet collar that communicates with a smart car sensor to reduce the chances of an accident between pet and vehicle was the winning business proposal in this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/trincoll-staging.trincoll.edu\/news\/smart-pet-collar-wins-trinity-colleges-innovation-challenge\/\">Trinity College Summit Innovation Challenge<\/a>, held in the Cornelia Center in January.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4007 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065-1386x2048.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/Summit-Innovation-Challenge-2025-065.jpg 1576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The product, dubbed the Paw Patroller, was pitched by Trinity students Cooper Edwards \u201928, Andrew Gabriel \u201928, and Owen Reilly \u201928.<\/p>\n<p>Reilly developed the idea after he got into a car crash with an animal, said Edwards. \u201cWe wanted to stop and prevent animal collisions that cost an estimated $8 billion in claims every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Trinity\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/trincoll-staging.trincoll.edu\/entrepreneurship\/\">Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a> and sponsored by the Beba Foundation, the Summit Innovation Challenge is the annual marquee event for first-year students taking part in the two-year Tyree Innovation Fellowship Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An electronic pet collar that communicates with a smart car sensor to reduce the chances of an accident between pet and vehicle was the winning business proposal in this year\u2019s Trinity College Summit Innovation Challenge, held in the Cornelia Center in January. 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