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  • From: "Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] News: Wi-Fi Down on the Farm
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:37:23 -0400 (EDT)

This seems fairly obvious to me, but I suppose the obstacle has been
getting the technology to rural areas.

I wonder what the organic folks will think of it...

> http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/06/18/wireless.farming.ap/index.html
> Wi-Fi farming expected to catch on
> Scientists applying the technology to farm management
>
> TIFTON, Georgia (AP) -- Farms of the not-too-distant future could be
> managed through wireless computer networks that allow farmers to sit
> in their pickups with a laptop and drive tractors, monitor soil
> moisture and even feed the hogs remotely.
>




  • [internetworkers] News: Wi-Fi Down on the Farm, Alan MacHett, 06/21/2004

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