The kind of connectivity that makes wearable tech happy is easy to get in urban centers. It’s harder in rural areas, although agriculture is certainly an industry that could (and does) benefit from being connected. In that vein, we saw an article the other day proposing that sheep not only be tagged, but be equipped as actual wireless hotspots.
There’s a lot of good information in this admittedly goofy-sounding piece, particularly about why one would want farms and livestock to be connected. It’s a little light on the practicality, though: aside from connecting via GPS and mesh networks, and the possibility of solar powering the devices, no one addresses the question of hooking up the wider internet.
Still: sheep and reindeer online. What a world…