Kaha ho hakanngoa hore baahi ba lefatše ba tla fihla ho limilione tse likete tse 9.7 ka 2050, lihoai li hloka thuso eohle eo li ka e fumanang ho eketsa tlhahiso, boleng le boleng ba phepo ea lihlahisoa tsa temo. FarmBeats e tla ba thusa ho fihlela seo.
"FarmBeats ke sethala sa temo sa dijithale ho kopanya lintlha tse tsoang mehloling e fapaneng sebakeng se le seng," ho boletse Steven Mirsky, mofuputsi oa thuto ea tikoloho Lefapheng la Lipatlisiso tsa Temo (ARS) Moshoelella Temo Systems Laboratory Beltsville, Md. "E fana ka taolo ea data mme e thusa ho theha litekanyetso ho potoloha lits'ebetso tsa Internet of Things (IoT)."
IoT ke marang-rang a lintho tse bonahalang tse nang le li-sensor, software le mahlale a mang a hokahanyang le ho arolelana data inthaneteng.
Ho ea ka Mirsky, FarmBeats e thusa ho laola le ho hlahloba lintlha ho tsoa ho mahlale a morao-rao a sebelisoang masimong a mapolasi. Sistimi e sebelisa sethala sa leru sa Microsoft Azure ho bokella, ho boloka le ho hlophisa data. FarmBeats e boetse e ntlafatsa puisano e fokolang libakeng tsa mahaeng ka ho sebelisa theknoloji ea sebaka se secha sa thelevishene (TVWS). TVWS e bua ka likanale tse sa sebelisoeng tsa VHF (maqhubu a phahameng haholo) le UHF (ultra high frequency) mme e ka fetisa makhetlo a ka bang 100 sebaka sa Wi-Fi.
Tsamaiso e ntse e le mekhahlelo ea eona ea pele ea tsoelo-pele. Ho ARS, bafuputsi ba e sebelisa ho boloka litšoantšo tsa "phenocam" tse nang le metadata ho lekola khatello ea komello poone, linaoa tsa soya le k'hothone. Phenocam ke kh'amera ea dijithale e nkang litšoantšo tse felloang ke nako tsa makhasi ho tlaleha litlamorao tsa tikoloho kholong ea semela le bophelo bo botle.
"Bokamoso ba temo bo kenyelletsa mahlale a pharalletseng a ho lemoha a fanang ka lintlha tse sebetsang ho lihoai," ho boletse Mirsky. "FarmBeats ke sesebelisoa se etsang sena."