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An excerpt from Taking the Internet of Things to the Farm

Farming tech company Apitronics wants to help farmers take ownership of the data from their land with a series of wireless modules that monitor anything from the weather to soil moisture, or whatever else proves useful.

Louis Thiery, founder of Apitronics, realized the need for this sort of technology when he spent some time working on a farm after an undergraduate career focused on business and math. Exploring a farm one morning, Thiery came across a greenhouse still closed from the night before, trapping the heat from the sun’s rays inside. It was a mistake that could have cost the farm thousands of dollars in crops.