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  • Drones Take Advantage of Next-Gen MEMS Technology for Modern Agriculture

    (Image credit: Pixabay ) Drones are fast becoming an invaluable tool in the agriculture industry, undertaking multiple roles to ensure healthy and maximum crop yields. According to a recent report from DJI , over 300,000 drones operate globally, treating…
  • Three Drones That Can Handle Mundane Tasks

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  • Making the Connections for Modern Day Agriculture

    How do you Feed the World? Agriculture is perhaps the most important industry on the planet, and with a population predicted to grow to 9.8 billion by 2050, maintaining the food supply is even more crucial. There have always been challenges, however;…
  • Automated Anti-Bird Laser - A Clever Modern Farming Tool

    The bird deterrent scares birds away from crops by shooting a green laser beam. (Image Credit: Bird Control Group) Seems birds are living in a dystopian future. At least it's harmless. Many farmers grow frustrated with birds inflicting damage to their…
  • Monster Wolf Blasts Loud Noises and Flashes Its Lights to Scare Off Animals

    The Monster Wolf scares away any unwanted creatures from farmlands and other human territories. (Image Credit: Wolf Kamuy) This should be a regular Halloween yard decoration. Japan has come up with a clever way to keep predators at bay from its landscapes…
  • Farmers can now repair their John Deere equipment, and John Deere unveils two new systems at CES 2023

    John Deere recently signed a memorandum of understanding, allowing farmers to repair their equipment. (Image Credit: John Deere) John Deere recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau (AFB), allowing farmers to repair…
  • What's happening to the worldwide commercial bees?

    Beekeepers load up tractor trailers with bees to pollinate crops on a farm. (Image Credit: Wikimedia /Pollinator, CC-BY-2.5 ) Beyond the bee shipping to smaller bee keepers , there is a whole industry of commercial bee pollination of crops! Their condition…
  • Advanced farm recently deployed its robotic apple-picking harvesters

    Advanced farm’s apple harvester autonomously picks 30 apples a minute. (Image Credit: advanced farm) Apple picking can be tiring for farmers, especially when facing a labor shortage over the past few years. This occurs everywhere around the world. For…
  • Australia returns to climate action, solar and autonomous vehicles on farms

    (Image Credit: Markus Spiske/Unsplash) Chris Bowen, federal energy minister, recently announced Australia is returning to climate action. In addition to that news, global solar achieved one terawatt of capacity . Global polysilicon factories should…
  • Vertical farms: The future of crop growth?

    Vertical farms, like JFCo’s, could revolutionize how we grow and harvest crops, potentially overtaking greenhouse production. (Image Credit: JFCo ) In June, Jones Food Company (JFCo) announced plans to build the world’s biggest vertical farm in Lydney…
  • Plants are growing in the dark thanks to an artificial photosynthesis process

    Artificial photosynthesis could help solve the globally rising demand for food by growing crops in the dark. (Image Credit: Marcus Harland-Dunaway/UCR) Humans and animals can’t survive without photosynthesis because the process churns out one main ingredient…
  • Cows in Turkey are wearing VR glasses, leading to a higher quantity milk production

    Cows could wear VR headsets to help reduce anxiety during the winter, leading to a larger milk yield. (Image Credit: Monika Kubala/Unsplash) Cows are living in the matrix for real. It’s sad, in a way. But it seems the cows are happy. This may seem…
  • Can robots help farmers run their farms more efficiently?

    Technology such as robotic feeders can help farmers run their dairy farms more efficiently. (Image Credit: amsGalaxyUSA) Quietly, in the background, the farming industry is going through significant changes that’ll affect us all. On January 3rd, U…
  • Silicon Labs and Vertical Farming

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    In this webinar Matt Saunders will introduce some of the Silicon Labs products suitable for the application of Vertical Farming . Covering Sensors, Microcontrollers and Wireless links this session will show how these products can be applied to Vertical...
  • Vertical Farming Design Challenge | Unboxing the Kit

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  • Design Challenge Proposal Example - Vertical Farming

    Vertical Farming Design Challenge About this Challenge All About Vertical Farming Overview Video Terms and Conditions Kit List Prizes The key to a successful application is to provide as much information about your proposed project as possible. Below…
  • Vertical Farming - Prizes

    Vertical Farming Design Challenge About this Challenge All About Vertical Farming Kit List Overview Video Terms and Conditions Grand Prize Includes: Global Solar SUNLINQ 62 Watt Foldable Solar Panel Kit The Nest Learning Thermostat Würth Elektronik Energy…