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Electronic Shepherd: Aid for Traditional Farming

Learn about the Electronic Shepherd project, which uses modern technology to aid traditional farming processes such as animal health, welfare, and food safety. Join us for a seminar, project demonstrations, and discussions.

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Electronic Shepherd: Aid for Traditional Farming

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  1. Program 10.00 –12.00 Fab lab research seminar Haakon Karlsen – Solvik Gård Bjørn Thorstensen – Telenor FoU Neil Gershenfeld - MIT 12.00 –13.00 Lunch 13.00 –15.00 Travel to Solvik Gård 15.00 –17.00 Fab lab project demonstrations 17.00 - 18.00 Free time at farm 18.00 – 21.00 Dinner 21.00 Return to Tromsø 1

  2. The Electronic Shepard Traditional farming aided by modern information and communication technology Bjørn Thorstensen, Telenor R & D

  3. Facts • Initiated spring 2001 – Solvik Gård • Telenor Financed • Partners • Solvik Gård • Telenor Mobile • University of Tromsø • M.I.T Media Lab • Rafsec O.Y • Ideos Finland O.Y 3

  4. Background Motivation Targeting • automatic documentation and preservation of • Animal health • Animal welfare • Food safety • Tools to support traditional farming processes • Consumers • Farmers • Vets • Government regulations Documentation of an animals lifecycle Breeding Birth ID tagging Grazing 4. Leading animals back to the farm 5. Feeding 6. Breeding programs 7. Slaughtering 8. Animal history book 4

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  6. Challenges Current technology Works! Technology hostile environment All this for very few Less than $20 pr unit • Preserve the form factor – enhance with new capabilities – • Remotely identify an individual • Locate/position an individual • Collect data from sensors • Communicate with the outside world • Reusable • Power for one season End users • Harsh weather • No power • Line of sight 6

  7. Flocks – Sheep are flock animals • A flock has N member’s where N > 1 • A flock has a leader whose size is bigger than the smallest individual • The needs of flock members are mostly identical • One geographical area might have several flocks • The flock leader may perform certain tasks on behalf of his flock members • Interaction with other flocks or the outside world can be done by the flock leader. • Flocks are basically static entities, however, Individuals might roam amongst the flocks for short periods of time 7

  8. Sheep net • Next generation “sheep net” • Base stations • 802.11 / GPRS communication • More range • Positioning • Smaller • Cheaper • No line of sight problems 802.11 tower at the farm • Linux PC • 802.11 repeater • 802.11 access point • Power regulator • 433mhz receiver 8

  9. Sheep terminals Ear tag,version 2++ Old technology vs. new technology Radio Sensors • More range • Embedded IP(v6?) • Lower freq? • positioning • Blood volume pulse • Temperature Sound chip • Ear tag version 2 + • Integrated GPS • GPRS comm. Bell sheep,version 2 (Mobile base station) Bell sheep, version 1 –GPS and radio RFID 9

  10. Mobile Base station RF Ear tag GSM/GPRS GPRS Internet End users and applications ES server 10

  11. Mobile Base station Ad-hoc Networking RF Ear tag 11

  12. Fixed base stations Fixed range positioning Mobile Base station Positioning – the main challenge RF Ear tag 12

  13. The Production Chain- Users and Information Presentation Farmer Consumer Slaughter Government Veterinary Researchers Breeding, Birth, Feeding, ID-Tagging, vet. treatment Grazing Electronic Shepherd Transport Information Slaughtering Production Transport Inventory Branding Sales? 13

  14. Remaining production chain The weight portal Slaughterhouse • RF-ID • RF-ID monitored zones • product tags • Sensors logging the environment • Distribution • Cooling chain • Electronic animal weight • 802.11 / GPRS communication • Java control application • Consumers • Product story? • Animal history - health • Production history 14

  15. Solvik slaughterhouse • RF / RFID infrastructure • Integration with traditional telecom networks 15

  16. Consumer side Ekspertise på gammel vis.. Ekspertise på moderne vis.. Garantert kvalitet Lamb roast Norge 642 EU Slakteri: Slaughter date: Solvik farm slaughterhouse AS, Ørnes, 9060 LYNGSEIDET 14. October 2002 Produsent: Production date: Solvik slaughterhouse AS, Ørnes, 9060 LYNGSEIDET 16. October 2002 Cooling chain: Animal history: Born: 10. mai 2002 Owner: Paul I. Skogheim, Farm: Kvalvik, LYNGSEIDET Grazing: Lyngsalpene Trykk på linkene for detaljer. 5° 0° Now Shop Stored Produced Teransport slaughtering Production process: crumbled at 4° to 10° for 10 days, cut up, dry salted,, vacuum packed Last day of use Class: Weight: Price/kg: Pric: Kr. 149,25 20. november 2002 R+ 1,5 kg Kr. 99,50 16

  17. Main success criteria • Price • Terminal equipment • Software platform • Management • Reusability • Robustness • Size • Propagation • Infrastructure availability • Commitment from all parties of the production chain • Trust! 17

  18. Why? • Network Traffic • 5000 Sheep in the Lyngen area • 2 mill. Sheep in Norway 18

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