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Cat Cafe Opens Up In Manhattan_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 22, 2014 5:59 PM UTC  Perky Face Perky Face Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 22, 2014 5:59 PM UTC Attention all 4.9 million users of the #Catstagram hashtag: You’re being watched. Same for the #RichCatsOfInstagram pictures and the 16 million photos tagged simply #Cats on Instagram. [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2014/07/22/cat-stalking-map/) points out that a new data visualization project called “[I Know Where Your Cat Lives](http://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/cat/8ec76559d5)” is trolling the internet and collecting metadata in your #adorable #cat #picture. Using the geotags embedded in the metadata in public photos, the project collects the information and puts the cat’s location on a map perfect for cyberstalking your fuzzy feline friend. Thank goodness cats don’t read Orwell. The site features cats from everywhere around the globe — a giant red tom in Chiba, Japan to a grey fuzzball kitten in Apulia, Italy to a kitten cuddled with his mom in Queensland, Australia — all available for gawking at and cooing over at the click of a button. The project was created by Florida State University art professor Owen Mundy, who views “I Know Where Your Cat Lives” as both a thought-provoking experiment into how we view online privacy, as well as a sort of Tinder for cat fans filled with a seemingly endless stream of kitten pics for the millions of cat fans who populate the Internet. The site is currently running a [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910822604/i-know-where-your-cat-lives) campaign to help fund web hosting and continuing the project. **MORE**: [The Hottest New Exercise Equipment Is a Giant Hamster Wheel…for Cats](http://time.com/3018489/cat-hamster-wheel-kickstarter/) **MORE**: [There’s Now Facial Recognition Software for Cats](http://time.com/2983281/theres-now-facial-recognition-software-for-cats/) ## Transcript [00:00] Welcome [00:02] to Cat Cafe by Purina ONE. The goal of what we're [00:04] doing here is trying to start a conversation about cat [00:07] health. And what better place to do that than over a [00:09] cup of coffee with some friends in a cafe? [ MUSIC ] We [00:15] brought the first cat cafe to North America. You know, [00:18] you can grab a cattachino, with a cute little cat face in [00:20] it. You could come in. You could be among these [00:23] happy, healthy adoptable cats. This is Valerie. She's [00:26] been camped out on me for about an hour now, just [00:30] kind of shifting positions, enjoying all of the [00:33] photography. [ MUSIC ] For the adoption process, what [00:37] you'd have to do is you'd have to come down here and [00:39] talk to one of our adoption counselors. They fill out an [00:41] application with you and we ask you for some [00:42] references. And we would approve the adoption on the [00:45] same day. People love the cats. And so this is a place [00:49] where you can come and sit and talk with like- minded [00:51] people about cat health and be among cats. I just [00:53] wanted to look at cats. Yeah, I really like [00:57] them. 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