Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will LoveS
Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection
between the faucet and fresh water, so she's made do thus far
with just sipping from her water dish. But I've heard that once
kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For
running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has
constructed a pretty ingenious automatic cat faucet using an IR
sensor and some tubing.  The hack requires a little plumbing
know how and some circuitry work, which makes it slightly harder
than your normal DIY project. To help you and your pets out,
Tsruzik has put together some kits for order. Prices range from
$10 to $125.  The end product works a lot like those sinks that
automatically turn on when you waive your hands under
them—except instead of detecting hands, it detects cats. Tsruzik
has even thrown in an optional "people detector" so that the
faucet won't run every time a person walks by. Check out the
video to see some cute kittie drinking