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Haha, of course someone's thought of this. Did you enjoy the movie?
Hmm. It was watchable, but not overwhelmingly so. But no trash either. edit: Also, along the lines of "be careful what you wish for", the alltime classic "Brainstorm" from 1983 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271 comes to mind.
Thanks for the quick reviews! :)
So I grew up on a dairy farm and we had electronic id badges since the mid-90's (actually there was a Surge system before that, but the main one was a DeLavel in 1997). We had a variety of issues that these were good for, but the gist is that the cow's identity is scanned and matched with statistics regarding her milking. Everytime she entered the parlor she was id-ed and then the system could be configured to separa…
I don't know much about cattle or dairy farming, but in Switzerland cows are running around in the mountains with big bells around their neck and horns on their heads. Would such a collar really be that dangerous for them?
I spent a year or two doing research on electronically herding cows. Dean Anderson at the USDA holds patents on it (which are probably about to expire, or may have already). We worked with him some and with CSIRO in Australia who I think also holds patents (maybe Halter has licensed them and collaborates with them?) The main reason there is interest in this technology is that fencing is expensive. Think many kilomete…
“Some prisoners are more strong-willed than others and will continue going no matter shock or sounds”
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Yes, the teats are cleaned, cups cleaned, all automatically. Cow is fed during and has optional feed afterwards. Instead of there being a fixed milking time, the cows just come in whenever they feel like it - encouraged by the feeling of relief. They’d auto-detect mastitis etc. Obviously people have views on dairy but the tech was very cool to see up close. The dairy family could look up on their phone, any particula…
That's very cool. I have mixed feelings on replacing humans in yet another role, but if it can do a better job than humans (automatically dump & flag mastitis cases, clean more thoroughly, etc.) it's a win.