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Swiss sheep to warn shepherds of wolf attacks by SMS

43 pointsby PaulMcCartneyalmost 13 years ago

10 comments

drblastalmost 13 years ago
What an incredible world we live in if this system is cheaper to operate than owning a guard dog.
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_deliriumalmost 13 years ago
What I found more interesting than the SMS is the auto-release of a wolf-repelling chemical. The sheep gain a weapon of sorts, though not fired under conscious control. Sort of a cyborg-ish extension to the sheep's natural ability.
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billpgalmost 13 years ago
I wonder how they tested it without causing a false alarm. Too many false alarms and people won't trust those alerts.
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tathagatadgalmost 13 years ago
Hey can some one give some pointers where I can find such modules which would send the text message and can be interfaced with an arduino board to build a generic alarm system. I dont have any background in hacking arduino, but it seems for web enabling cool systems( fetch data and send control commands) the following is the easiest route:<p>sensor + actuator assembly__on__arduino&#60;-&#62;sms_module&#60;-&#62;AT&#38;T_Jasper like_gateways&#60;-&#62;my server<p>Probably my terminologies are wrong but hope you get the point.
greenyodaalmost 13 years ago
One problem with this scheme is that areas where sheep are raised would probably have pretty sparse cellular coverage.
NewHighScorealmost 13 years ago
This is great! How long before shepherds start setting up twitter accounts for them?
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Zenstalmost 13 years ago
Interesting and in some area's will add to the past-time of cow-tipping i suspect in the youth market, oh to be young.<p>Still, once we get scarecrows with lasers is when I know things are going too far.
GiraffeNecktiealmost 13 years ago
I wonder if it would also warn of attacks by lonely shepherds.
malkiaalmost 13 years ago
TIL SMS stands for Sheep Monitoring System.
gdsafsadfsaasdfalmost 13 years ago
Phys.org? Really? There's not even a citation.
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