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Cows in cloud storage

10.09.2019

180 cows living on a farm in Somerset, in the south-west of England, unknowingly became participants in an experiment in the field of high technology. Sensors attached to the necks of animals in special collars collect data on the activity and physical condition of the animal, and then send them via a 5G channel to the cloud storage, where they are available to service personnel for viewing, analysis and taking the necessary measures.

An algorithm in the software package analyzes the information, notifying farmers and veterinarians via a smartphone application when data appears that indicate the need for human intervention.

The purpose of the development is to provide personnel with the ability to remotely monitor animals. Probably, the shepherd of such a herd will have to be called something else: something like "cow operator".

"The availability of data on phones and other mobile devices makes it easy to use quickly," explains Mark Gough, a shepherd on a pilot farm run by the UK's Center for Precision Innovation in Agricultural Engineering.

"You can be at one end of the building, you get an alert, it tells you exactly what kind of cow it is, what the problem is, and it's an instant assessment," says Gough, pulling out his iPhone to check on the condition of one of the cows.

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