Benjamin Millam from the US State of California has modernized the electronic feeder of his cat, Monkey, by teaching his pet to “hunt” for its dinner.  

The project caters to the primal instincts of his indoor cat by preying upon RFID-enabled Wiffle Balls.

It features a modded Super Feeder, an Adafruit RFID reader, a remote antenna, a few relays and an Arduino Uno that is tasked with telling the automatic feeder to release the food.

Millam had placed the embedded plastic balls throughout his home, which the feline systematically seeks out and drops on top of the device.

As it makes its way down the shoot, the RFID tag is scanned and a reward is dispensed accordingly.