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Honestly, farming is probably the place where IoT makes the most sense. Especially for very environmentally sensitive processes like winemaking, large sensor ne
by gh02t 8y ago
Honestly, farming is probably the place where IoT makes the most sense. Especially for very environmentally sensitive processes like winemaking, large sensor networks and data analytics offer a lot of value to the farmer.
- jschwartzi 8y agoYou can do a lot of the same stuff with Bluetooth Low Energy and avoid putting your entire winery on the internet. I really like BLE because it's a very straightforward set of protocols for building sensor networks and sending/receiving data.
- gh02t 8y agoLoRa is probably the way to go for farmers, given the range requirements. No need to connect to the Internet regardless.
- asdff 8y agoIt won't be too long in the future when the most productive farms are run by a couple local people who maintain the equipment, and every current labor-based task handling the livestock or produce is completely automatic. Imagine the power of knowing exactly every perturbation that a given crop or animal might have experienced and compare it to its yield. Eliminating variables like the productivity of the individual farmhand would go a long way to better control and extend our food supply.