Friday, October 19, 2012

Now "Cows Can Text"

"Cows can text,"  thanks to machine-to-machine communication tools supplied by Deutsche Telekom and sensors such as the Vel'Phone and HeatPhone solutions supplied by French monitoring solutions experts MEDRIA Technologies.

The application notifies farmers when calving begins or when a cow is on heat and ready for insemination. 

Deutsche Telekom and MEDRIA have formed a partnership and agreed to cooperate in equipping 5,000 farms around Europe with the application and with Telekom SIM cards.

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