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Monday, February 04, 2013

#MEMS "MooMonitor Keeps Cows Happier"

Farm animals represent billions of units for MEMS sensor makers, that is if original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like Dairymaster can convince farmers to collar all their animals. The MooMonitor, for instance, keeps track of every cow in the herd, letting them into the barn for milking and out to the pasture for grazing through automatic doors keyed to their collars, plus alerts the farmer when a cow needs a bull for the night during ovulation: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog

Dairymaster's MooMonitor tracks a herd, monitors each cows activity, letting them in and out of automatic doors and detects when they are ovulating.
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