BROWSING: agriculture

Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, among others, are helping farmers to connect their work to the internet, as we have heard. This connectivity provides a platform for them to start to introduce new automation and intelligence into their operations. But LPWA...

The biggest fragmentation in smart agriculture is with base-line connectivity, which establishes the platform for the analytics and automation tools that will change farming. “Connectivity is a neccessary evil,” says Pete DeNagy, president and co-founder, Internet of Things America. “No business is advantaged by...

Farming is hard. It always has been. There is a song called This Hard Land by Bruce Springsteen, rock’s great chronicler of every-day struggle in modern America, which captures something of the labour and luck of working the land. “Mister, can you tell me...

The digital transformation of the agricultural sector – a review of the strategies, technologies and stakes in play as farmers seek more sustainable and competitive ways to feed the world.

  According to the GSMA, 5G networks will cover 40% of the global population by that year 5G connections are expected to reach 1.4 billion connections by 2025, representing over 15% of the global mobile market, according to a new study by the GSMA. The report highlights...

IBM has released a range of new Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services tailored for the agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, building management, and automotive industries. “Tailoring general AI for specific industries and professions is a critical way to enable everyone to reach new potential...

Under the contract, the French IoT specialist will install up to 500 gateways across Scotland   French internet of things specialist Kerlink has been selected as the provider of hardware and software for IoT Scotland, which is a nationwide, low-power, wide-area network. Under the project, Kerlink will...

The device will feature image recognition functionalities based on DoCoMo’s AI technology   Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo plans to start trials of a new greenhouse pest monitoring device, the company said in a statement. The device uses an ultra low-power, battery-operated, wireless high-definition camera in conjunction...

Computer scientists from UCSB team up with citrus researchers to make a smart farm system that reports temperatures and may eventually automate the use of wind machines that keep frost off citrus crops. Computer science researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara are using...

An interview with CENIC CEO Louis Fox reveals the interconnectedness and importance of broadband and wireless to researchers and community at large. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California — wants to connect the state of California into one giant wireless mesh network. With...

Two agtech startups from demo day need 5G more than others. SALINAS, California -- Salinas — the "salad bowl of the world" — grows agricultural tech entrepreneurs. At the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas this week, nine nervous startup executives pitched their agriculture-related startups to...

Beyond military applications Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, are no longer bound to military applications. The potential applications of drones is significantly increasing as the components that makeup the technology become more lightweight and affordable. Below explores a handful of drone use...

Acquisition of Blue River Technology will allow Deere to bring machine learning to agricultural equipment Deere & Company has inked a deal to acquire California-based Blue River Technology, which specializes in machine learning technology for agriculture. Deere said it will invest $305 million to fully...

Vertical Market IoT Agriculture, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Manufacturing: Closing remarks VIDEO LINK

Vertical Markets: Agriculture, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Manufacturing IoT Industrialists and Innovators recognition

Closing remarks for the Day 1 of the Vertical Market IoT Agriculture, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Manufacturing, at the Enterprise IoT Summit

Making the Internet of Farm Things Work - How to get actionable information and business value from over two trillion agriculture IoT and related data points in large-scale, industrial farming. Douglas Hackney, Enterprise Group, Ltd., President https://youtu.be/eOZECFIWA3o Douglas Hackney is the president of Enterprise Group Ltd. and...

Joe Madden, Principal Analyst of Mobile Experts kicks off the vertical markets IoT track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas. VIDEO LINK Joe Madden is Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts LLC. Mr. Madden provides most of the business analysis behind our forecasts, as well as...

Carnegie Technologies recently launched a new research and development lab that is exploring projects in hybrid satellite/cellular networking as well as agricultural "internet of things" projects. Carnegie Technologies is the developer of a converged platform for Wi-Fi and cellular, and the company's CTO Paul Struhsaker is...

A suburb of Washington, D.C., is growing into a living laboratory for "internet of things" technology projects. Set in Montgomery County, Maryland, Thingstitute is set to be an agricultural testbed to help farmers use data to become more "productive, prosperous and viable." The goal...

A suburb of Washington, D.C., is growing into a living laboratory for "internet of things" technology projects. Set in Montgomery County, Maryland, Thingstitute is set to be an agricultural testbed to help farmers use data to become more "productive, prosperous and viable." The goal...

Senet, a low power wide area network provider for North American LoRa-based "internet of things" applications, today announced a partnership with Paige Ag, a manufacturer and supplier of wire, cables, cable assemblies and electrical accessories, targeting smart farming and irrigation in agriculture. Poor wireless coverage...

Senet, a low power wide area network provider for North American LoRa-based "internet of things" applications, today announced a partnership with Paige Ag, a manufacturer and supplier of wire, cables, cable assemblies and electrical accessories, targeting smart farming and irrigation in agriculture. Poor wireless coverage...

A problem with corn production, and a precision agriculture solution Italy is one of the top maize grain producers in the European Union alongside France, Germany, Hungary and Spain, producing more than 7 million tons of corn in an area of 700,000 hectares in 2015, according to EuroStat...