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Sensors for agriculture and environmental monitoring.
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A plain overview of how soil, weather and livestock sensors help farmers target water, feed and treatment, and where the limits of the technology lie.
How soil moisture sensors and connected irrigation can cut over-watering and excess inputs, lowering runoff while protecting crops, and where the limits are.
How ear tags and collars report location, activity and other health signals in herds, what the data can suggest, and the practical limits of tracking animals.
A balanced look at how connected devices can save energy and resources, set against the footprint of making, powering, connecting and disposing of them.
How networks of air, water and temperature sensors support environmental monitoring, and what such local measurements can and cannot tell us about climate change.
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