Could this wearable for COWS improve the world's food systems? New device ... trends now
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Farms in the future may feature cows outfitted with smart devices that track their movements, monitor their health vitals and look out for signs of disease - to improve the end product for consumers.
Although devices to monitor the health of each cow or keep them within certain areas already exists, these technologies depend on chemical batteries.
Scientists in China designed a wearable device for cows that captures the kinetic energy created by all of their movements, including the small ones, to power itself.
The team’s smart ranch design involves cows wearing tiny devices around their ankles and necks - equipped with sensors - that are powered by everything cows do as they go about their regular ranch activities to feed on grass and walk about.
Farms in the future may feature cows outfitted with smart devices that track their movements, monitor their health vitals and look out for signs of disease
The team’s smart ranch design involves cows wearing tiny devices around their ankles and necks - equipped with
