Swiss Cows Send Texts to Announce They're in Heat

PakistaniFarmer · #1 10/09/12, 01:18 AM

When Christian Oesch was a boy on his family's hog farm, cellphones were a thing of the future. Now, Mr. Oesch tends a herd of dairy cattle and carries a smartphone wherever he goes. Occasionally he gets an SMS from one of his cows.

That is because Mr. Oesch, 60, who cares for a herd of 44 Red Holstein and Jersey dairy cows, is helping to test a device that implants sensors in cows to let farmers know when they are in heat. When that is the case, the device sends an SMS to the farmer's phone. The Swiss do not settle for half measures: the SMS can be in any one of Switzerland's three main languages -- German, French and Italian -- plus English or Spanish.

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dean.collins · #2 10/09/12, 02:48 AM

its not a bad point, this forum really needs a "technology" sub heading.

I'd love to know what hitech people are implementing with arduino's etc these days.

Ken Scharabok · #3 10/09/12, 03:29 AM

Sub-category - no. If someone raises/manages enough dairy cattle to justify the cost of something like this, they belong on a speciality forum somewhere else.

fols · #4 10/09/12, 05:42 AM

Makes me wonder what the text says.
"Lovely Jersey living in lower valley looking for that special someone - hurry, my love won't last long!!"