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Wireless Wine Monitoring

Posted by michael on from the other-kind-of-wine dept.

Wynken de Word writes "An article in Canada's Globe and Mail says 'vineyard owner Don King is coaxing 30,000 plants to grow grapes of exactly the right colour, size and sweetness to produce great ice wine and other fine vintages...with the help of judicious watering, a knowledge of the age-old art of viniculture -- and electronic sensing devices linked together in a wireless network.' Using an Intel-based TinyOS and TinyDB, multiple sensing devices monitor grape micro climates and help determine irrigation and frost patterns."

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  1. fp by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey Michael:

    you're doing a great job buddy - keep it up!

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    I'm not Seth.

  2. moron monitoring yOUR consumables by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you could do it from here, if you were here.

    we use the pateNTdead eyecon0meter(gpl) to help sort through the terabytes of phonIE bullonly payper liesense stock markup FraUD marketeering tripe.

    if we play our hand properly (by the creator's rules) there'll be no knead to whine.

    otherwise, lookout bullow. there won't be enough booze in the wwuniverse to help make US feel gooed again.

  3. The real king by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I say dis here is a tyranny of serendipity

  4. Super Grapes Galore? by Ese+L0C0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe hooking up computers to grapes I will finally be able to discover how to make my army of Super Grapes......Then, I will be able to finally take over the world......Muhaha muhaha......

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    jC - sweet sweet squirrel on sheet metal
  5. Re:This is Fantabulicious! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From the offtopic mod, we can deduce that there are a few slashdotters who know nothing about Mr. Don King.