The Week In Review: IoT


Deals Deere & Co. has agreed to acquire Blue River Technology of Sunnyvale, Calif., for $305 million. The transaction is expected to close this month. Blue River develops computer vision and machine learning technology for use in precision agriculture. Monsanto Growth Ventures, Data Collective Venture Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, and Pontifax AgTech were among the investors... » read more

Agricultural IoT: Outstanding In The Field


The Internet of Things represents many different things, for multiple industries and markets. For farmers, it offers the opportunity to take part in another Green Revolution. Precision agriculture is the term often applied to [getkc id="76" kc_name="IoT"]-based farming. What that means is using [getkc id="187" kc_name="sensors"] and other technology to improve agricultural production, involv... » read more