Wireless Sensor Network in Wine Production
Wireless Sensor Networks in Wine Production
Oliver Bonham-Carter, Prajol Shakya, Cory Becker, Jasmine Timilsina, Padmapriya Madamanch April 24, 2012
Abstract Grape vines, to a wine producer, are the asset of the business since they supply the most fundamental element of the wine making process. Every measure must be taken to ensure that these grape vines are in excellent health – properly watered, given enough light, and etc. If the grape vines have been not been properly watered or are suffering from some preventable cause, then this information is extremely important to the wine producers who could use it to make decisions to better the vines’ health. In the old days, farmers would need inspect the field manually to determine the over-all plant health. With the help of wireless sensors, this evaluation can be done automatically and with more precision to better determine the health of the vines. In addition, wireless sensors are able to make these readings from each section of the field which provides the wine producers with information which can be used to properly water each section, for example, to maintain the specific levels of hydration which the vines require. In this paper we discuss how wireless sensors are an efficient, cost-effective measure which wine producers, and even general farms, can employ to better care for the plants which make their business. We discuss several technical subjects; technologies, problems with connectivity and their solutions) behind the function of wireless sensors to argue that wireless sensors are extremely helpful for wine production and general crop production. The benefit of the surveillance by wireless sensors support ideas that wireless sensors are a technology which we expect to see in use for farming applications for a very long time.
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A glass a day keeps the doctor away is an old saying that highlights the benefits of wine consumption. In fact, 87% of wine consumers believe that, in moderation, red
Oliver Bonham-Carter, Prajol Shakya, Cory Becker, Jasmine Timilsina, Padmapriya Madamanch April 24, 2012
Abstract Grape vines, to a wine producer, are the asset of the business since they supply the most fundamental element of the wine making process. Every measure must be taken to ensure that these grape vines are in excellent health – properly watered, given enough light, and etc. If the grape vines have been not been properly watered or are suffering from some preventable cause, then this information is extremely important to the wine producers who could use it to make decisions to better the vines’ health. In the old days, farmers would need inspect the field manually to determine the over-all plant health. With the help of wireless sensors, this evaluation can be done automatically and with more precision to better determine the health of the vines. In addition, wireless sensors are able to make these readings from each section of the field which provides the wine producers with information which can be used to properly water each section, for example, to maintain the specific levels of hydration which the vines require. In this paper we discuss how wireless sensors are an efficient, cost-effective measure which wine producers, and even general farms, can employ to better care for the plants which make their business. We discuss several technical subjects; technologies, problems with connectivity and their solutions) behind the function of wireless sensors to argue that wireless sensors are extremely helpful for wine production and general crop production. The benefit of the surveillance by wireless sensors support ideas that wireless sensors are a technology which we expect to see in use for farming applications for a very long time.
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A glass a day keeps the doctor away is an old saying that highlights the benefits of wine consumption. In fact, 87% of wine consumers believe that, in moderation, red
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