At Bosch Connected World, I spoke with Toby Meene of Bayer about weed-killing technology the agriculture giant was developing with Bosch. The technology would compete with the Blue River tech that John Deere acquired last year. However, the … [Read more...]
IoT could remake the way we think about broadband
Amid the gadgets at CES I had a profound moment where my thinking abruptly changed. In a conversation with John Deere about 5G one of the participants mentioned that for the last year the company had been trying to work with regulatory agencies to … [Read more...]
The next step in IoT is vision, so let’s give computers depth perception
I talk a lot about computer vision because I think it's a core enabling technology for vastly more efficient understanding and use of the world around us. When a computer can see, it can apply its intense analytical powers to the images and offer … [Read more...]
John Deere opens SF office to make its tractors smarter
Farm equipment company John Deere is no stranger to the internet of things. It was connecting sensors and actuators on the farm twenty years ago. The next big thing in farming is what connected devices enable: precision agriculture. Precision … [Read more...]
What farmers who hack their tractors can teach us about IoT
The big story this week in tech news was a well-reported piece on farmers in the Midwest breaking the terms of their agreements with John Deere by using unauthorized software to fix their tractors. The fight between farmers and John Deere over the … [Read more...]